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763 Study Finds Weak Evidence Linking Social Media Use to Teen Mental Health Problems

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 01/15/2026 22:30 EDT

Study Finds Weak Evidence Linking Social Media Use to Teen Mental Health Problems

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Screen time spent gaming or on social media does not cause mental health problems in teenagers, according to a large-scale study. [...] Researchers at the University of Manchester followed 25,000 11- to 14-year-olds over three school years, tracking their self-reported social media habits, gaming frequency and emotional difficulties to find out whether technology use genuinely predicted later mental health difficulties. Participants were asked how much.

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