In today’s digital world, social media has become an integral part of daily life, with its usage rates still steadily on the ...

U.S. teens spend an average of 4.8 hours every day on various social media platforms. That amount of screen time has been ...

For years, research on social media and youth mental health has tried to answer a perplexing question: Does use lead to ...

Is social media really to blame for teen mental health struggles? A team of 120 experts dug into the data—here’s what they ...

As concerns grow nationally about the mental health of young people, a new study provides insight into ongoing debates about ...

Studies suggest benefits as well as harms from digital companion apps — but scientists worry about long-term dependency.

New data from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Gen Z teens say social media harms people their age, and ...

For seven-year-old Hazel, Pakistan was just a name until earlier this week. Now, she grows suspicious with every knock on the ...

Social media amplifies those constructions ... and that can have really negative effects on mental health. And girls may feel that they can’t express anger, they can’t be competitive, assertiv ...

At the same time that rising rates of poor mental health among youth have been ... Interestingly, teens seem more concerned about the effect of social media on their peers than on themselves.