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How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

The Role of Social Media in Addiction

Many teens and many adults are using social media a lot more than they want to be. They're using it in a way where they wish they were using it less, doesn't feel good to them. A small percentage of cases that use could be considered problematic or compulsive. But at this point, we really don't have the evidence that we can call this sort of compulsive or problematic use of social media a true addiction.

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