Social Media Detox and Youth Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between social media use and youth mental health remains poorly understood, with recent systematic reviews reporting inconsistent and conflicting findings. These discrepancies reflect the overreliance on self-reported estimates of use, lack of passive monitoring of behavior, and limited measurement of momentary mental health states.

Objectives

To examine the association between objective social media use, problematic engagement, and mental health outcomes in young adults, as well as evaluate the outcomes of a 1-week social media detox intervention on behavior and mental health symptoms.

Design, setting, and participants

A remote cohort study conducted in the US using a national recruitment registry between March 2024 and March 2025, where pa

SUBMITTER: Calvert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645342 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature