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The Longitudinal Impact of Social Media Use on UK Adolescents' Mental Health: Longitudinal Observational Study

2023; JMIR Publications; Volume: 25; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2196/43213

1439-4456

Ruth Plackett, Jessica Sheringham, Jennifer Dykxhoorn,

Digital Mental Health Interventions

Cross-sectional studies have found a relationship between social media use and depression and anxiety in young people. However, few longitudinal studies using representative data and mediation analysis have been conducted to understand the causal pathways of this relationship.