Analysis of two UK datasets find heavy use of social media by adolescents during two windows, around puberty and age 19, spurred lower life satisfaction ratings
ages 11 to 13 for girls, 14 to 15 for boys — and 2. around age 19.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : Researchers identified two age periods when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction”: 1. 11 to 13 for girls, 14 to 15 for boys 2. Around age 19 for both sexes Research based on responses of 84,000 British people of all ages https://www.nytimes.com/... Virginia Hughes / @virginiahughes : Lots of studies have shown a weak link between social media and adolescent wellbeing. I wrote about a new one that looked more closely at the relationship by age, finding 2 specific periods when teens might be most vulnerable: https://www.nytimes.com/...
JUST PUBLISHED 🚨 The link between social media and well-being varies across adolescence (10-21 yrs), with possible windows of sensitivity emerging depending on sex. Now out in @NatureComms; paper here: https://www.amyorben.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Analyzing survey responses of more than 84,000 people of all ages in Britain, the researchers identified two distinct periods of adolescence when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction” writes @virginiahughes for @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Changes in sensitivity may be related to puberty (in early adol) and to changes in social environment (in late adolescence) by @OrbenAmy et al 🤔the effects of online space on adol't development & wellbeing - useful to pair the reading w/ @jlnavarr0 et al https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n…
@ShuhBillSkee ... Was the type of social media use considered? In other words did the research provide insight into what type of social media led to the decrease in life satisfaction in these age groups?
The researchers show that, in UK data, girls experience a negative link between social media use and life satisfaction when 11-13 yrs old and boys when 14-15 yrs old. Increased social media use again predicts lower life satisfaction at age 19 yrs. @Cambridge_Uni 2/7
Much-needed specificity / nuance in an important area of psychology research... find more from @OrbenAmy @ShuhBillSkee @sjblakemore on media use, screen time, teenagers and more by searching our archive at https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/ https://twitter.com/...
Great study: “two distinct periods of adolescence when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction”: 1. puberty — ages 11 to 13 for girls, 14 to 15 for boys — and 2. around age 19.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Researchers identified two age periods when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction”: 1. 11 to 13 for girls, 14 to 15 for boys 2. Around age 19 for both sexes Research based on responses of 84,000 British people of all ages https://www.nytimes.com/..…
Lots of studies have shown a weak link between social media and adolescent wellbeing. I wrote about a new one that looked more closely at the relationship by age, finding 2 specific periods when teens might be most vulnerable: https://www.nytimes.com/...