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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (259) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1750) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (500) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1718) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1143) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (495) Problematic Internet Use, Online Gambling and Game Addiction (148)

Published on in Vol 9, No 4 (2022): April

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/33450, first published .
Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors of this article:

Holly Shannon1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Katie Bush1 Author Orcid Image ;   Paul J Villeneuve2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Kim GC Hellemans2 Author Orcid Image ;   Synthia Guimond1, 2, 4 Author Orcid Image
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Synthia Guimond Synthia Guimond @Synthia_Guimond

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Holly Shannon Holly Shannon @holls_shannon

RT @Synthia_Guimond: Problematic #SocialMedia use is more and more prominent in youth and adolescents who participate in a heavy screen-bas…

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Katie Bush Katie Bush @katielbush09

RT @Synthia_Guimond: Problematic #SocialMedia use is more and more prominent in youth and adolescents who participate in a heavy screen-bas…

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Kim Hellemans Kim Hellemans @MindingtheBrain

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Sara Tremblay Sara Tremblay @Tremblay_Sara1

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Argel Aguilar Valles, PhD Argel Aguilar Valles, PhD @ArgelAV

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University of Ottawa Department of Psychiatry University of Ottawa Department of Psychiatry @uOPsychiatry

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John Torous, MD MBI John Torous, MD MBI @JohnTorousMD

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Michael Bodnar Michael Bodnar @BodnarLab

RT @MindingtheBrain: Tweetorial on our recent publication on problematic #SocialMedia and #mentalhealth ????????????????????????????????????????

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Mike F Mike F @MikeFrau56

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Nicole Loreto Nicole Loreto @loreto_nicole

RT @Synthia_Guimond: Problematic #SocialMedia use is more and more prominent in youth and adolescents who participate in a heavy screen-bas…

6:10 PM · Apr 22, 2022

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Dan Thorne Dan Thorne @danthorne64

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Samuel Yang Samuel Yang @SamuelY78087086

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Jeremy Howick Jeremy Howick @JeremyHowick

SOCIAL MEDIA (OVER)USE INCREASES DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS A systematic review of 18… https://t.co/GZNSThCXcy

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Rachel Wilson Rachel Wilson @RachelWilson100

This is important, let’s hope it can circulate on social media???? @apa @bps #teachers #psychologist #parenting https://t.co/jfK4bb74Ie

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Iveta Nagyova, PhD, FABMR Iveta Nagyova, PhD, FABMR @IvetaNagyova

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Shannon et al. (2022) @holls_shannon explore the potential problems that can arise in adolescents who use social me… https://t.co/CWuIEfL2Xi

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Brian Conlon Brian Conlon @OConnallain

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Mich/ael/Schul/te Mich/ael/Schul/te @SchulteMi

@StuartJRitchie opinions on this? https://t.co/3iB64rhV3e

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Patrick Patrick @dropthetlgb

@MrmuddT @AndrewMcGIsMe @BradWilcoxIFS There are hundreds of studies & a massive weight of evidence, but yes let's continue to addict children to social media from as young an age as possible just in case it's actually something else. At some point, common sense must play a factor here. https://t.co/FZiO2bfBBb

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Josh MacAlister MP Josh MacAlister MP @JoshMacAlister

There’s growing evidence demonstrating smartphones & social media are negatively impacting children’s mental health (https://t.co/zFXrq05iVz), sleep (https://t.co/LEv0MkBXUx) & learning (https://t.co/rANDlHEuwQ)

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