Adolescents' Intense and Problematic Social Media Use and Their Well-Being in 29 Countries

This study examined (1) whether intense and problematic social media use (SMU) were independently associated with adolescent well-being; (2) whether these associations varied by the country-level prevalence of intense and problematic SMU; and (3) whether differences in the country-level prevalence of intense and problematic SMU were related to differences in mobile Internet access.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - May 21, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Maartje Boer, Regina J.J.M. van den Eijnden, Meyran Boniel-Nissim, Suzy-Lai Wong, Joanna C. Inchley, Petr Badura, Wendy M. Craig, Inese Gobina, Dorota Kleszczewska, Helena J. Klan šček, Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens Tags: Original article Source Type: research