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New Advances in the Study of Adolescents’ Social Media Use: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Wed, April 7, 1:10 to 2:40pm EDT (1:10 to 2:40pm EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
Despite growing evidence that basic measures of time on social media (SM) may not explain substantial variation in adolescents’ mental health, important questions remain about adolescents’ specific and subjective experiences with SM, and their impacts on mental and behavioral health. We present empirical and theoretical advances in the science of adolescents’ social media use (SMU).
Talk 1 examines the effects of nighttime SMU on adolescents’ sleep, in two prospective studies of adolescents in an intensive outpatient program for depression and suicidality, using both actigraphy and self-reported methods. Talk 2 is a systematic review and meta-analysis examining adolescents’ and adults’ SMU and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), focused on understanding cybervictimization and other specific SM-related experiences. Talk 3 proposes a theory-based sociocultural–developmental framework for the role of SMU in adolescent girls’ body image and mental health, addressing how the features of SM intersect with features of adolescent development to predict increases in girls’ body dissatisfaction, and in turn, mental health. Talk 4 describes the development and testing of a SMU values-alignment intervention in two large preregistered field experiments with adolescents.
Collectively, our work spans theory development, multi-method empirical work, meta-analysis, and intervention development. We discuss the role of social media use in a range of critical outcomes, including sleep disturbance, SITBs, body dissatisfaction, and depression. We will conclude with a discussion with the audience, in which we identify future directions for nuanced research on adolescent SMU.
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Nighttime Social Media Use and Sleep Among Adolescents at High Risk for Suicide: Data from Two Studies Using Mixed Methods and Prospective Designs - Presenting Author: Jessica Leigh Hamilton, Rutgers University - New Brunswick; Non-Presenting Author: Candice Biernesser, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Craig Sewall, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Jamie Zelazny, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Noelle Rode, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Giovanna Porta, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Edward Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Kimberly D. Poling, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: David Brent, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Peter Franzen, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Non-Presenting Author: Tina Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
Social Media Use and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Presenting Author: Jacqueline Nesi, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Taylor Burke, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Alexandra H. Bettis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Non-Presenting Author: Anastacia Kudinova, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Heather MacPherson, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Elizabeth C. Thompson, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Kara Anne Fox, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Non-Presenting Author: Hannah R. Lawrence, McLean Hospital; Non-Presenting Author: Sarah A. Thomas, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Jennifer Wolff, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Melanie Altemus, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Sheiry Soriano, Brown University; Non-Presenting Author: Richard Liu, Massachusetts General Hospital
Adolescent Girls’ Social Media Use, Body Image, and Mental Health: Proposing a Developmental–Sociocultural Framework - Presenting Author: Sophia Choukas-Bradley, University of Delaware; Non-Presenting Author: Savannah R Roberts, University of Delaware; Non-Presenting Author: Anne Maheux, University of Delaware; Non-Presenting Author: Jacqueline Nesi, Brown University
Values-Alignment Messaging Boosts Adolescents’ Motivation to Control Social Media Use - Presenting Author: Brian Galla, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Sophia Choukas-Bradley, University of Delaware; Non-Presenting Author: Hannah M. Fiore, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Michael V Esposito, University of Pittsburgh