The use of social media by Australian preadolescents and its links with mental health

Fardouly, Jasmine; Magson, Natasha R.; Rapee, Ronald M.; Johnco, Carly; Oar, Ella L.

doi:10.1002/jclp.22936

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“…There were three systematic reviews and one thematic analysis that explored the better or worse of using social media among adolescents [20][21][22][23]. In addition, eight were cross-sectional studies and only three were longitudinal studies [24][25][26][27][28][29].The meta-analyses included studies published beyond the last five years in this population.…”

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Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Karim¹,

Oyewande²,

Abdalla³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Social media are responsible for aggravating mental health problems. This systematic study summarizes the effects of social network usage on mental health. Fifty papers were shortlisted from google scholar databases, and after the application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were chosen and all papers were evaluated for quality. Eight papers were cross-sectional studies, three were longitudinal studies, two were qualitative studies, and others were systematic reviews. Findings were classified into two outcomes of mental health: anxiety and depression. Social media activity such as time spent to have a positive effect on the mental health domain. However, due to the cross-sectional design and methodological limitations of sampling, there are considerable differences. The structure of social media influences on mental health needs to be further analyzed through qualitative research and vertical cohort studies.

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Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Karim¹,

Oyewande²,

Abdalla³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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103

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“…Future work should explore the role of exposure to the muscular ideal on SM in adolescent boys' body image and mental health problems. Additionally, although the association between SM use and appearance concerns may be similar for adolescent boys and girls (Holland & Tiggemann, 2016), the majority of studies do find that girls report higher appearance investment and concerns generally (e.g., Fardouly et al, 2020) and higher depressive symptoms related to SM use (e.g., McCrae et al, 2017;Simoncic et al, 2014;Twenge et al, 2018), highlighting the role of other gender differences, such as in earlier gender socialization, that may predispose girls to both. Notably, to our knowledge, no work to date has examined the role of SM use in body image concerns among gender minority youth, although research has begun to more broadly explore gender minority adolescents' unique body image concerns (e.g., Romito et al, 2021).…”

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“…For example, in a study of U.S. middle and high school students, engaging in social comparison with same-sex peers, regardless of whether the comparison targets were perceived to be more or less attractive, was associated with body dissatisfaction in boys and girls, with especially robust findings for girls (Jones, 2001). Appearance comparisons with peers have also been linked with adolescent girls' increased depressive symptoms (Fardouly et al, 2020) and disordered eating behaviors (Carey et al, 2013).…”

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“…Limited research has examined the role of SM in the body image concerns and mental health outcomes of children or middle and older adults. Some work with preadolescents as young as 10 has found associations between SM use and appearance comparisons (Fardouly et al, 2018), body dissatisfaction, and eating pathology (Fardouly et al, 2020). More work is needed with preadolescents and younger children, especially given the increasing SM presence among pre-and early adolescents (Odgers & Robb, 2020;Rideout & Robb, 2018).…”

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“…Notably, highly visual SM-such as Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Tik Tok, and Facebook-are especially common among adolescent girls (Anderson & Jiang, 2018). An emerging body of work has documented associations between adolescents' use of SM and heightened body image concerns (e.g., de Vries et al, 2016;Fardouly et al, 2020;Marengo et al, 2018;Rodgers et al, 2020), and has found higher levels of SM-related appearance and body image concerns among girls compared to boys (e.g., Fardouly et al, 2020;Nesi et al, in press;Rodgers et al, 2020;Zimmer-Gembeck et al, 2021). Yet this work is often strikingly absent from prevailing atheoretical and oversimplified "screen time" debates (see Granic et al, 2020).…”

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The Perfect Storm: A Developmental–Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls’ Body Image Concerns and Mental Health

Choukas‐Bradley¹,

Roberts²,

Maheux³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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In this theoretical review paper, we provide a developmental–sociocultural framework for the role of social media (SM) in contributing to adolescent girls’ body image concerns, and in turn, depressive symptoms and disordered eating. We propose that the features of SM (e.g., idealized images of peers, quantifiable feedback) intersect with adolescent developmental factors (e.g., salience of peer relationships) and sociocultural gender socialization processes (e.g., societal over-emphasis on girls’ and women’s physical appearance) to create the “perfect storm” for exacerbating girls’ body image concerns. We argue that, ultimately, body image concerns may be a key mechanism underlying associations between adolescent girls’ SM use and mental health. In the context of proposing this framework, we provide empirical evidence for how SM may increase adolescent girls’ body image concerns through heightening their focus on: (1) other people’s physical appearance (e.g., through exposure to idealized images of peers, celebrities, and SM influencers; quantifiable indicators of approval); and (2) their own appearance (e.g., through appearance-related SM consciousness; exposure to one’s own image; encouraging over-valuing of appearance; and peer approval of photos/videos). Our framework highlights new avenues for future research on adolescent girls’ SM use and mental health, which recognize the central role of body image.

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Social Media Use and Internalizing Symptoms in Clinical and Community Adolescent Samples

Fassi,

Thomas,

Parry

et al. 2024

JAMA Pediatr

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ImportanceIn response to widespread concerns about social media’s influence on adolescent mental health, most research has studied adolescents from the general population, overlooking clinical groups.ObjectiveTo synthesize, quantify, and compare evidence on the association between social media use and internalizing symptoms in adolescent clinical and community samples.Data SourcesPeer-reviewed publications from MEDLINE, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and Scopus (initially reviewed in May 2022 and updated in October 2023) and preprints from Europe PubMed Central (February 2023) published in English between 2007 and 2023.Study SelectionTwo blinded reviewers initially identified 14 211 cross-sectional and longitudinal studies quantifying the association between social media use and internalizing symptoms, excluding experimental studies and randomized clinical trials.Data Extraction and SynthesisPRISMA and MOOSE guidelines were followed, pooling data using a random-effects model and robust variance estimation. The quality of evidence was assessed using the Quality of Survey Studies in Psychology Checklist.Main Outcomes and MeasuresArticles were included if they reported at least 1 quantitative measure of social media use (time spent, active vs passive use, activity, content, user perception, and other) and internalizing symptoms (anxiety, depression, or both).ResultsThe 143 studies reviewed included 1 094 890 adolescents and 886 effect sizes, 11% of which examined clinical samples. In these samples, a positive and significant meta-correlation was found between social media use and internalizing symptoms, both for time spent (n = 2893; r, 0.08; 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.15; P = .03; I2, 57.83) and user engagement (n = 859; r, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.09 to 0.15; P = .002; I2, 82.67). These associations mirrored those in community samples.Conclusions and RelevanceThe findings in this study highlight a lack of research on clinical populations, a critical gap considering public concerns about the increase in adolescent mental health symptoms at clinical levels. This paucity of evidence not only restricts the generalizability of existing research but also hinders our ability to evaluate and compare the link between social media use and mental health in clinical vs nonclinical populations.

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The use of social media by Australian preadolescents and its links with mental health

Cited by 63 publications

References 62 publications

Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

The Perfect Storm: A Developmental–Sociocultural Framework for the Role of Social Media in Adolescent Girls’ Body Image Concerns and Mental Health

Social Media Use and Internalizing Symptoms in Clinical and Community Adolescent Samples

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