A big study (n=810) following kids between ages 10-16 finds no relationship between social media usage and symptoms of anxiety or depression User TerraceEarful, in the DecodingTheGurus subreddit, 26 Jul 2023
A big study (n=810) following kids between ages 10-16 finds no relationship between social media usage and symptoms of anxiety or depression User sillymortalhuman, in the Sam Harris subreddit, 26 Jul 2023
Social media use was not associated with the later development of anxiety and depression in adolescents in a particularly sophisticated long-term study User jordiwmata, in the Psychology_Papers subreddit, 13 Jul 2023
Study finds social media use may be unrelated to future anxiety and depressive symptoms in youth. The study, which used four waves of data from a Norwegian birth cohort (10, 12, 14, 16 years), found the frequency of posting, liking, and commenting was unrelated to future symptoms. User em4gon, in the Em4gon subreddit, 03 Jul 2023