Social media mindsets: a new approach to understanding social media use and psychological well-being

The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

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A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement

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The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use

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The relationship between social desirability bias and self-reports of health, substance use, and social network factors among urban substance users in Baltimore, Maryland

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use

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Time spent on social network sites and psychological well-being: a meta-analysis

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The role of stress mindset in shaping cognitive, emotional, and physiological responses to challenging and threatening stress

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Social Media Elements, Ecologies, and Effects

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Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media

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Social media and depression symptoms: a meta-analysis

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Optimizing stress responses with reappraisal and mindset interventions: an integrated model

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Social Media Use and Adolescents' Self-Esteem: Heading for a Person-Specific Media Effects Paradigm

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A synergistic mindsets intervention protects adolescents from stress

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Beyond the power of networks: Differentiating network structure from social media affordances for perceived social support

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Do social networking sites influence well-being? The extended active–passive model

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Slacking off or winding down? An experience sampling study on the drivers and consequences of media use for recovery versus procrastination.

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There Is No Evidence That Associations Between Adolescents’ Digital Technology Engagement and Mental Health Problems Have Increased

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Social media browsing and adolescent well-being: challenging the “passive social media use hypothesis”

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The Relationship between Social Media Use, Stress Symptoms and Burden Caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Germany and Italy: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Investigation

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Explaining variation in adolescents’ social media-related distraction: The role of social connectivity and disconnectivity factors

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The Role of Human Agency in Human-AI Co-Creativity

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