Research progress on the effects of social media use on adolescents' mental health

CHEN Yihan; XIE Bin

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.12.033

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CHEN Yihan, XIE Bin. Research progress on the effects of social media use on adolescents' mental health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(12): 1916-1920. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.12.033

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CHEN Yihan, XIE Bin. Research progress on the effects of social media use on adolescents' mental health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(12): 1916-1920. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.12.033

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Research progress on the effects of social media use on adolescents' mental health

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.12.033

CHEN Yihan,
XIE Bin^,

Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai (200030), China

Received Date: 2023-06-12
Rev Recd Date: 2023-09-21

Available Online: 2023-12-26

Publish Date: 2023-12-25

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Social media use and mental health problems in adolescents have long been a concern, but there is controversy in the conclusions on the direction of the relationship and the size of the effect. In order to clarify the relationship between social media and mental health, the paper mainly summarizes the concepts, mediating and moderating factors, as well as protective and risk factors, it also summarizes the limitations of past studies, so as to provide theoretical basis for future research directions.
- Communications media,
- Mental health,
- Tool use behavior,
- Adolescent

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