Adolescent social media use and mental health from adolescent and parent perspectives

Barry, Christopher T.; Sidoti, Chloe L.; Briggs, Shanelle M.; Reiter, Shari R.; Lindsey, Rebecca A.

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.005

Adolescent social media use and mental health from adolescent and parent perspectives

This study investigated adolescent and parent reports of adolescent social media use and its relation to adolescent psychosocial adjustment. The sample consisted of 226 participants (113 parent‐adolescent dyads) from throughout the United States, with adolescents (55 males, 51 females, 7 unreport…