The importance of social media content for teens' risks for self-harm
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It may be that the type of social media content with which young people engage is more important for suicide-related outcomes than overall time spent using social media.
“It may be that the type of social media content with which young people engage is more important for suicide-related outcomes than overall time spent using social media (George, 2019).”
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- Authors
- George, M.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Corresponding author
- George, Madeleine
- ORCID
- George, Madeleine
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-07
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-10
- ISSN
- 1054-139X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2952462997
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- social media content, adolescent self-harm, suicide risk, depression, adolescent girls, smartphone use, online time, adolescent mental health, social isolation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Humans, Risk-Taking, Suicide, Self-Injurious Behavior, Social Media
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