Social media's enduring effect on adolescent life satisfaction.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we used large-scale representative panel data to disentangle the between-person and within-person relations linking adolescent social media use and well-being. We found that social media use is not, in and of itself, a strong predictor of life satisfaction across the adolescent population. Instead, social media effects are nuanced, small at best, reciprocal over time, gender specific, and contingent on analytic methods.

SUBMITTER: Orben A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534991 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature