CNN (8/13, Asmelash) reports that while “social media use has been linked to depression, especially in teenage girls,” research interviews with nearly “10,000 children between the ages of 13 and 16 in England” contends “that the issue may be more complex than experts think.”
TIME (8/13, Ducharme) reports, “Social media is associated with mental health issues, the research says – but only under certain circumstances, and only for certain people.” The study found that “in girls, frequent social-media use seemed to harm health when it led to either cyberbullying and/or inadequate sleep and exercise.” However, “these factors did not seem to have the same effect on boys, and the study didn’t pick up on specific ways that social networks could be harming them.” The findings were published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
TODAY (8/13, Pawlowski) reports, “Still, heavy social media use predicted later poor mental health and well-being in both sexes.”
Related Links:
— “Social media use may harm teens’ mental health by disrupting positive activities, study says, “Leah Asmelash, CNN, August 13, 2019