Adolescents' Intense and Problematic Social Media Use and Their Well-Being in 29 Countries

This study examined (1) whether intense and problematic social media use (SMU) were independently associated with adolescent well-being; (2) whether these associations varied by the country-level prevalence of intense and problematic SMU; and (3) whether differences in the country-level prevalence o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of adolescent health Jg. 66; H. 6; S. S89 - S99
Hauptverfasser: Boer, Maartje, van den Eijnden, Regina J.J.M., Boniel-Nissim, Meyran, Wong, Suzy-Lai, Inchley, Joanna C., Badura, Petr, Craig, Wendy M., Gobina, Inese, Kleszczewska, Dorota, Klanšček, Helena J., Stevens, Gonneke W.J.M.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2020
Elsevier
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Bayes Theorem
Behavior, Addictive
Child
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-national research
Female
HBSC
Health Behavior
Humans
Internet
Male
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Personal Satisfaction
Problematic social media use
Quality of Life
Social Media - statistics & numerical data
Social media use
Stress, Psychological
Well-being
Cross-national research
Well-being
HBSC
Adolescents
Social media use
Problematic social media use
ISSN:1054-139X, 1879-1972, 1879-1972
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Zusammenfassung:This study examined (1) whether intense and problematic social media use (SMU) were independently associated with adolescent well-being; (2) whether these associations varied by the country-level prevalence of intense and problematic SMU; and (3) whether differences in the country-level prevalence of intense and problematic SMU were related to differences in mobile Internet access. Individual-level data came from 154,981 adolescents (meanage = 13.5) from 29 countries that participated in the 2017/2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. Intense SMU was measured by the time spent on social media, whereas problematic SMU was defined by symptoms of addiction to social media. Mental (life satisfaction and psychological complaints), school (school satisfaction and perceived school pressure), and social (family support and friend support) well-being were assessed. Country-level data came from aggregated individual-level data and data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Internet access. Two-level regression analyses indicated that in countries with a lower prevalence of intense SMU, intense users reported lower levels of life satisfaction and family support and more psychological complaints than nonintense users. In contrast, in countries with a higher prevalence of intense SMU, intense users reported higher levels of family support and life satisfaction than nonintense users, and similar levels of psychological complaints. In all countries, intense users reported more friend support than nonintense users. The findings regarding problematic SMU were more consistent: In all countries, problematic users reported lower well-being on all domains than nonproblematic users. Observed differences in country-level prevalence rates of intense and problematic SMU could not be explained by mobile Internet access. Adolescents reporting problematic SMU are particularly at risk of lower well-being. In many countries, intense SMU may be a normative adolescent behavior that contributes positively to specific domains of their well-being.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.02.014