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Commentary

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022): New Horizons: Innovation in Medicine

Social Media and Mental Health: What We Know

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v20i2.852
Submitted
February 6, 2021
Published
2022-04-19

Abstract

There are seemingly opposing findings on social media’s effect on mental well-being. Some studies report no detrimental effects, others no association and others even positive or buffering effects. However, social media has rapidly evolved in a short span of time and so has people’s use of the platforms. Collecting an accurate measure of social media use and other methodological challenges particularly affect data in this area. In this commentary, we discuss two longitudinal studies to elaborate these contracting findings on social media and mental health.

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