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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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“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].”
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“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].”
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“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.'”
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“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].”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“However, recent studies have shown that the intensity of online activity is negatively associated with subjective well-being (37).”
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“47,50,51 Heavy electronic device use ( ≥ 5 h per day) has been associated with the presence of one or more risk factors for suicide (particularly for young women).”
BackgroundNavigating the relationship between social media use and mental health in the digital age
Opoku, D., Donkor, C., Yeboah, J. N. O., & Quagraine, L. (2025) · Discover Mental Health · doi:10.1007/s44192-025-00285-4 · Cited by 14
“In this regard, Brighieri et al. [4] argued that exposure to cyberbullying relates to depressive symptoms and life dissatisfaction, while Abi-Jaoude et al. [5] found a positive relationship between levels of youth use of smartphones and social media with anxiety levels and depression levels.”
InfluentialThe association of health behaviors and mental health during COVID-19
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“Several prior cross-sectional and longitudinal studies point to a negative association between smartphone usage and psychological wellbeing [9].”
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“…but statistically significant associations between higher levels of SM use (typically more than three hours per day) and poorer mental health (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Keles et al., 2020; McCrae et al., 2017; Orben, 2020b), although due to methodological limitations of the literature it has…”
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“While social media has unquestionable benefits, others worry that it might also have negative consequences on behavior and mental health.(2) Social comparison, or comparing one’s own life and accomplishments to those of others on social media, has been noted as a factor that can have a detrimental effect on mental hea…”
BackgroundGlobal Perspectives on Social Media Usage Within Governments
Chavadi, C. A., Govindaraj, M., Ganesan, S. K., Manoharan, S., & Thangam, D. (2023) · Advances in social networking and online communities book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-7450-1.ch001 · Cited by 9
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“…(e.g., Dregdge and Schreur 2020 ): The resulting decrease in empathy appears, among other things, to negatively impact the health (e.g., Abi-Jaoude et al. 2020) and life satisfaction (e.g., Usán Supervía et al. 2023) of frequent internet users, and to promote the spread of fake news…”
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“21 These factors could lead to differing mental health outcomes, with lower SES adolescents potentially facing greater risks due to limited resources and higher depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as greater stress levels.”
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“However, there have been a number of studies suggesting that social media use may affect female users more than male users (e.g., Orben et al., 2019; Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; The Hill, n.d.). perhaps because women are more attuned to social comparisons based on curated timelines (Choukas-Bradley et…”
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“Sleep disruption and deprivation are linked with excessive social media use and negative mental health outcomes (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Alonzo et al., 2021; Schimmele et al., 2021) including anxiety, depression, and psychological distress, and was especially prominent in those aged 16 to 25…”
BackgroundSoltani, Z., Parizad, N., Radfar, M., Alinejad, V., Arzanlo, M., & Haghighi, M. (2024) · BMC Psychiatry · doi:10.1186/s12888-024-05688-1 · Cited by 9
“Given the widespread access to smartphones and their potential for self-management, it seems that the use of smartphones in patients with depression is becoming more important than ever before [20].”
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“…of social media, including its impact on academic progress (Luo et al., 2020), social communication, sleep quality (Woods and Scott, 2016), mental health (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Spies Shapiro and Margolin, 2014; Woods and Scott, 2016), and family bonding (Huang et al., 2023; Sultana, 2017).”
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The role of social media in primary care
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“Smartphones have increasingly been integrated into the daily lives of individuals across societies, particularly among young people (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Cheung et al., 2022).”
BackgroundImpact of increasing media use on mental health of children and adolescents
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“Since 2010, there has also been a dramatic rise in smart phone, social media and electronic communication use among children and adolescents [1,2].”
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“…vision and skeletal problems [2], biochemical imbalances [2], depression and inattention problems, depression, anxiety, and poor self-esteem [7, 9, 10, 35–38]; and on cognitive functioning, including language development [39], executive and academic performance [9, 33], attention span [40],…”
BackgroundExperience machines for well-being? Understanding how social media entertainment matters for teens
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“Increases in mental distress among youth have been linked to how social media negatively affect cognitive and socioemotional functioning (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020), but there is a lack of evidence for causality (Odgers and Jensen, 2020).”
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“As in other studies [37–39], this cluster primarily consisted of girls who are notoriously less likely to comply with PA recommendations [40] and are interested in using smartphones because of social media access [41].”
ResultHalsall, T., Mahmoud, K., Iyer, S. N., Orpana, H., Zeni, M., & Matheson, K. (2022) · International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being · doi:10.1080/17482631.2022.2149097 · Cited by 10
“There is accumulating research that has identified that social media and screen time is associated with poor mental health (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020; Domingues-Montanari, 2017; Khan et al., 2021).”
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“Furthermore, 70% of adolescents in Western countries frequently use social media (Abi-Jaoude et al., 2020) for at least 2 hr each day (You et al., 2022), and Chinese middle school and high school students use social media at a rate of 51% and 58.4%, respectively (Youth, 2022).”
BackgroundInfluentialAdolescents and negligent social media use
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Background
Metadata
- 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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