Passive scrolling on social media leads to anxiety and depression – new study This compared to more active users of social media, researchers found. Ben Mitchell. Friday 30 June 2023 12:52 BST.

An eight-year study conducted by Brigham Young University found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly increasing anxiety or depression in teenagers.

The few good studies on teen depression and social media undercut attempts to establish causal connections between the two. Aaron Brown | 5.30.2023 10:15 AM.

Of the 19 to 32-year-olds who took part in the research, those who checked social media most frequently throughout the week were 2.7 times more likely to develop depression than those who checked ...

More than one-third of teenagers say they check their social media accounts more than 25 times a day.Its study of 216 teens over six months found they posted or commented more than 87,000 times on ...

BETHLEHEM, Conn. — Social media sites like Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat may be contributing to the rise of mental conditions like eating disorders or depression among teens, according to ...

"I think he's depressed," said Les' mother, furnishing screenshots of her son's social media posts. Philosophical questions about the point of life had begun to appear, as was the sharing of ...

The regular use of social media sites like Facebook may worsen depression or eating disorders in teens. Skip to content. NOWCAST KCCI News at 10pm Weeknights.

Social media sites like Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat may be contributing to the rise of mental conditions like eating disorders or depression among teens, according to several studies. A ...