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Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents
(1) Background: The use of social media has become an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives. However, the intensive use of social media can develop into a health-threatening addiction, but unfavourable health consequences can occur even with less use. Social media user groups categorized as no-r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041885 |
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author | Paakkari, Leena Tynjälä, Jorma Lahti, Henri Ojala, Kristiina Lyyra, Nelli |
author_facet | Paakkari, Leena Tynjälä, Jorma Lahti, Henri Ojala, Kristiina Lyyra, Nelli |
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description | (1) Background: The use of social media has become an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives. However, the intensive use of social media can develop into a health-threatening addiction, but unfavourable health consequences can occur even with less use. Social media user groups categorized as no-risk, moderate risk (of developing problematic behaviour), and problematic use were examined with reference to their prevalence, their associations with individual determinants and health, and the increased health risk between groups. (2) Methods: The Finnish nationally representative HBSC data (persons aged 11, 13, and 15, n = 3408) and descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis were applied. (3) Results: Problematic social media use (9.4%) was most common among older age groups, and among persons with moderate/low school achievement, low health literacy, and low parental monitoring. Belonging to a moderate risk group (33.5%) was most frequent among girls, and among adolescents with low/moderate parental monitoring and health literacy. All the negative health indicators systematically increased if the respondent belonged to a moderate risk or problematic use group. (4) Conclusions: The study confirmed the association between problematic social media use and negative health outcomes and highlighted the need to pay close attention to adolescents at moderate risk who exhibited negative health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-79196452021-03-02 Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents Paakkari, Leena Tynjälä, Jorma Lahti, Henri Ojala, Kristiina Lyyra, Nelli Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The use of social media has become an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives. However, the intensive use of social media can develop into a health-threatening addiction, but unfavourable health consequences can occur even with less use. Social media user groups categorized as no-risk, moderate risk (of developing problematic behaviour), and problematic use were examined with reference to their prevalence, their associations with individual determinants and health, and the increased health risk between groups. (2) Methods: The Finnish nationally representative HBSC data (persons aged 11, 13, and 15, n = 3408) and descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis were applied. (3) Results: Problematic social media use (9.4%) was most common among older age groups, and among persons with moderate/low school achievement, low health literacy, and low parental monitoring. Belonging to a moderate risk group (33.5%) was most frequent among girls, and among adolescents with low/moderate parental monitoring and health literacy. All the negative health indicators systematically increased if the respondent belonged to a moderate risk or problematic use group. (4) Conclusions: The study confirmed the association between problematic social media use and negative health outcomes and highlighted the need to pay close attention to adolescents at moderate risk who exhibited negative health outcomes. MDPI 2021-02-15 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7919645/ /pubmed/33672074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041885 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Paakkari, Leena Tynjälä, Jorma Lahti, Henri Ojala, Kristiina Lyyra, Nelli Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title | Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title_full | Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title_short | Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents |
title_sort | problematic social media use and health among adolescents |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041885 |
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