Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents - A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Social media has become an integrated part of daily life, with an estimated 3 billion social media users worldwide. Adolescents and young adults are the most active users of social media. Research on social media has grown rapidly, with the potential association of social media use and mental health and well-being becoming a polarized and much-studied subject. The current body of knowledge on this theme is complex and difficult-to-follow. The current paper presents a scoping review of the published literature in the research field of social media use and its association with mental health and well-being among adolescents. Methods and Analysis: First, relevant databases were searched for eligible studies with a vast range of relevant search terms for social media

SUBMITTER: Schonning V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7457037 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature