Addictive Social Media Use, Not Total Screen Time, Linked to Youth Mental Health Issues: A Longitudinal Study
Addictive Social Media Use, Not Total Screen Time, Linked to Youth Mental Health Issues: A Longitudinal Study A recent study published in JAMA sheds new light on the relationship between screen time and youth mental health, challenging the prevailing focus on total screen time. Researchers from Columbia and Cornell universities followed nearly 4,300 children from age 8 for four years, analyzing their social media, video game, and mobile phone usage patterns. The key finding: it’s not the sheer amount of…