Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health
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KEY POINTS In the last decade, increasing mental distress and treatment for mental health conditions among youth in North America has paralleled a steep rise in the use of smartphones and social media by children and adolescents. In Ontario, the proportion of teenagers reporting moderate to serious
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Several reviews used a broad and sometimes boundless operational definition of mental health, leading to inclusion of a multitude of outcomes including marihuana use, identity development, social support, (cyber)bullying, and/or academic performance.
“In addition, several reviews used a broad and sometimes even boundless (operational) definition of mental health, which led to the inclusion of a multitude of outcomes, including marihuana use, identity development, social support, (cyber)bullying, and/or academic performance [22,23,27,30].”
From Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. (2022) · cites this paper as [30]
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSome systematic and narrative reviews used qualifications of effect sizes such as 'substantial,' 'detrimental,' and 'deleterious.'
“However, some reviews were less nuanced in their conclusions and used qualifications of the effect sizes such as 'substantial,' 'detrimental,' and 'deleterious' [25,30,38].”
From Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. (2022) · cites this paper as [30]
In “Does social media addiction exist and can it affect mental health?” (page unavailable), this narrative review refers to possible “deleterious effects” of media multitasking. In “Do the effects of smartphones on social skills affect mental health?” (page unavailable), it describes social-media effects as potentially “detrimental” but also beneficial. It does not use “substantial” to qualify an effect size, and its discussion of individual differences is more nuanced than the citing sentence suggests. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMost reviews interpreted the associations between social media use and mental health as weak or inconsistent, whereas a few qualified the same associations as substantial and deleterious.
“Results showed that most reviews interpreted the associations between social media use and mental health as 'weak' or 'inconsistent,' whereas a few qualified the same associations as 'substantial' and 'deleterious.'”
From Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. (2022) · cites this paper as [30]
In “Do the effects of smartphones on social skills affect mental health?” (page unavailable), the paper reports that one systematic review found associations with mental health and that effects could be detrimental or beneficial. It does not compare most reviews with a few reviews or characterize their findings as respectively weak or inconsistent versus substantial and deleterious. (LLM, conf=0.76)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe majority of reviews concluded that the reported associations of SMU with mental health were small to moderate, while some others interpreted these associations as serious, substantial, or detrimental.
“Although the majority of the reviews concluded that the reported associations of SMU with mental health were small to moderate, some others interpreted these associations as serious [30], substantial [48] or detrimental [25].”
From Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. (2022) · cites this paper as [30]
In “Do the effects of smartphones on social skills affect mental health?” (page unavailable), the paper reports that social media’s effects can be detrimental, supporting the point attached to this citation. It also says effects can be beneficial, depending on interactions and individual factors, so it does not characterize the associations as generally detrimental. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe data confirm an addictive consumption of mobile phones in young people, which leads to various pathologies.
“Los datos confirman un consumo adictivo del teléfono móvil en los jóvenes ( Han ; Kim , 2019; Rather ; Rather , 2019; Abi-Jaoude , Treurnicht-Naylor ; Pignatiello , 2020) que conduce a diversas patologías.”
From Redes sociales y consumo digital en jóvenes universitarios: economía de la atención y oligopolios de la comunicación en el siglo XXI (2020) · cites this paper as Abi-Jaoude, Treurnicht-Naylor; Pignatiello, 2020
In “Does social media addiction exist and can it affect mental health?” (page not supplied), the paper reports that high proportions of youth appear addicted to smartphones and describes associations with adverse outcomes. It also says there is no agreed definition of smartphone addiction and that much of the evidence cannot establish causality. The claim overstates these findings as confirmed addiction that leads to various pathologies. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Time spent on SNS is associated with higher levels of depression, whereas emotional connectedness to SNS and the number of friends on SNS are unrelated to depression.
“For example, time spent on SNS is associated with higher levels of depression [17], whereas emotional connectedness to SNS ('intensity of use') [15] and the number of friends on SNS [16] are unrelated to depression.”
From Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
The intensity of online activity is negatively associated with subjective well-being.
“However, recent studies have shown that the intensity of online activity is negatively associated with subjective well-being (37).”
From Effects of Short Video Addiction on the Motivation and Well-Being of Chinese Vocational College Students (2022) · cites this paper as [37]
The subjective well-being of individuals who use online activities intensely may be affected.
“and that the subjective well-being of individuals who use online activities intensely may be affected (7, 37).”
From Effects of Short Video Addiction on the Motivation and Well-Being of Chinese Vocational College Students (2022) · cites this paper as [37]
Addiction may negatively affect users' wellbeing.
“Several studies have found that addiction may negatively affect users' wellbeing”
From Effects of Short Video Addiction on the Motivation and Well-Being of Chinese Vocational College Students (2022) · cites this paper as [37]
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BackgroundDose-Dependent Association Between Body Mass Index and Mental Health and Changes Over Time
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“For example, adolescents who maintain high levels of face-to-face interaction may be protected from potentially harm - ful effects of problematic use (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020 ).”
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“…consistent, however, with evidence for a weak association between higher usage and poorer mental health (Abi-Jaoude et al ., 2020; Orben, 2020a), including symptoms of depression, anxiety and general distress (Abi-Jaoude et al ., 2020; Keles et al ., 2019; McCrae et al ., 2017; Orben, 2020a).”
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“It is also noteworthy that social media use is mainly formed in early adolescence (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; CNNIC, 2020).”
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“Given worries about the increased cell phone and social media use on mental health (Abi-Jaoude, Naylor, and Pignatiello 2020), an excessive use of these apps may create their own problems for the patients.”
Prevalence and underlying factors of mobile game addiction among university students in Bangladesh
Sayeed, M. A., Rasel, M. S. R., Habibullah, A. A., & Hossain, M. M. (2021) · Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health · doi:10.1017/gmh.2021.34 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
“Starting from different types of addiction (mobile game addiction is one of them), it is also responsible for deadly acts such as attempts to suicide (Stravynski and Boyer, 2001; Chang et al., 2019; Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020).”
BackgroundSocial media use and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ansari, S., Iqbal, N., Asif, R., Hashim, M., Farooqi, S. R., & Alimoradi, Z. (2024) · Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking · doi:10.1089/cyber.2024.0001 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
“Notably, users ’ well-being is related to the growing use of social media apps, websites, the Internet, and electronic devices, 15 – 18 whereas the peak usage of social media platforms has resulted in certain changes in well-being.”
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“Moreover, NSSI has also been considered in association with SNSs (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Arendt et al., 2019; Memon et al., 2018) as the spreading of the NSSI phenomenon has been observed to associate with greater SNSs use (Memon et al., 2018; Whitlock et al., 2006, 2009) as well as with Internet…”
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“, 2018) which in turn are highly associated with self-directed violence among adolescents, including cases with suicidal intentions (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020).”
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“Furthermore, a review found a dose–response relationship between social media use and mental distress and suicidality among adolescents, most prominent among girls 22 .”
BackgroundSocial Media Use and its Impact on Adolescent Mental Health: An Umbrella Review of the EvidencePreprint
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Ethical Dimensions of Digital Phenotyping Within the Context of Mental Healthcare
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Association Between Social Media Use and Substance Use Among Middle and High School-Aged Youth
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“However, studies have also found links between youth social media use and negative mental health outcomes including: social isolation, increased risk for anxiety and depression, decrease in self-acceptance, and cyberbullying (Cipolletta et al., 2020; Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Schønning et al., 2020).”
Background
- Authors
- Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A.
- Affiliations
- University Health Network (CA)
- Venue
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Publisher
- CMA Impact Inc.
- Published
- 2020-02-09
- Volume
- 192
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- E136-E141
- ISSN
- 0820-3946 (ISSN-L)
- 1488-2329
- PMC
- PMC7012622
- OpenAlex
- W3005199011
- Cited by
- 627
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 57 · 2025: 127 · 2024: 149 · 2023: 149 · 2022: 79 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 15
- FWCI
- 12.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Toronto
- 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
- smartphones, social media use, youth mental health, adolescents, psychological distress, psychotherapy
- MeSH terms
- Smartphone, Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Humans, Mental Health, Social Media
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