Social Media Use and Serious Psychological Distress Among Adolescents

Riti Shimkhada; Ninez A Ponce

doi:10.2196/57041

Social Media Use and Serious Psychological Distress Among Adolescents

JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2024 May 23:7:e57041. doi: 10.2196/57041.

Authors

Riti Shimkhada¹, Ninez A Ponce^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
² Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

PMID: 38786983
PMCID: PMC11120505
DOI: 10.2196/57041

Abstract

This Research Letter describes the increasing trend of almost-constant social media use among California adolescents and the association with serious psychological distress, focusing on the influence of familial and experiential factors.

Keywords: adolescents; mental disease; mental health; mental illness; mental illnesses; psychological; psychological distress; psychology; social media; socials; teenager; teens; youth.