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Increase in time spent on social media is associated with modest increase in depression, conduct problems, and episodic heavy drinking

Brunborg, Geir Scott, Burdzovic Andreas, Jasmina·2019·Journal of Adolescence
DOI 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.06.013
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INTRODUCTION: Adolescent use of social media has been linked to a range of negative outcomes, but it is still unclear whether the associations are spurious. To address this issue, we examined if within-individual change in time spent on social media was associated with within-individual changes in depression, conduct problems, and episodic heavy drinking in a sample of adolescents using first-differencing models (FD-models). METHODS: A sample of 763 Norwegian adolescents (45.1% boys; mean age 15.22 years, standard deviation 1.44) completed two questionnaires 6-months apart. The associations between changes in time spent on social media and symptoms of depression, conduct problems, and frequency of episodic heavy drinking were estimated using FD-models, a statistical technique that effectively controls for all time-invariant individual factors. We also accounted for three time-variant putative confounders: frequency of sports practice, frequency of unsupervised leisure activities, and peer relationship problems. RESULTS: Increases in time spent on social media were associated with increases in symptoms of depression (b = 0.13 [95% CI: 0.01, 0.24], p = 0.038), increases in conduct problems (b = 0.07 [95% CI: 0.02, 0.10], p = 0.007), and increases in episodic heavy drinking (b = 0.10 [95% CI: 0.06, 0.15], p < 0.001), after adjusting for changes in the three hypothesized confounders. The effect-sizes for these relationships were, however, quite modest. CONCLUSION: Increased time spent on social media was modestly related to increases in depression, conduct problems, as well as frequency of episodic heavy drinking among adolescents.

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Authors
Brunborg, G. S., & Burdzovic Andreas, J.
Affiliations
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
  • Department of Alcohol Tobacco &amp; Drugs Norwegian Institute of Public Health Norway
Corresponding author
Brunborg, Geir Scott
ORCID
Brunborg, Geir Scott
Venue
Journal of Adolescence
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-06-26
Volume
74
Issue
1
Pages
201-209
ISSN
  • 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9254
DOI
10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.06.013
OpenAlex
W2955504934
Cited by
118
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1
FWCI
29.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
social media use, adolescents, depression, conduct problems, episodic heavy drinking, within-person change, spurious association, sports practice, peer relationship problems
MeSH terms
Problem Behavior, Underage Drinking, Adolescent, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Norway, Peer Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Social Media, Binge Drinking

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