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SIO317: Is Instagram Bad for Mental Health? What the Science Says Might Surprise You

Nov 11, 2021

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The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Life Satisfaction

02:19

The Relationship Between Social Media and Life Satisfaction

04:40

Using Instagram to Help Teens Deal With Mental Health Issues

02:05

Introduction

2min

Isaan Meta, the Worst Announcement Ever

4min

Social Media Has Direct Impacts on Mental Health, Especially of Teens

3min

The Evidence That Was Released in These Two Reports

2min

Adolescents and Facebook

2min

Social Media and Adolescence Socks

2min

Is Social Media Providing the Opportunity for Social Comparison?

2min

Is Social Media Helping Your Mental Well Being?

4min

Using Instagram to Help Teens Deal With Mental Health Issues

2min

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Instagram's Hard Life Moments Mental Health Deep Dive Study

3min

11.

The Most Common Item on Instagram

2min

12.

Social Media in Suicidal Thoughts

4min

13.

Body Dissatisfaction in Teens and Adults

3min

14.

The Body Positivity Movement Is Having Impact

3min

15.

Suicidal Self Harm

4min

16.

Is Social Media Exacerbating Depression and Anxiety?

2min

17.

Is Social Media a Cause of Mental Health?

2min

18.

Is Social Media a Cause of Poor Life Satisfaction?

2min

19.

Is There a Newer Study That Could Controversy the Results?

2min

20.

Social Media Use and Life Satisfaction

2min

21.

The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Life Satisfaction

2min

22.

The Relationship Between Social Media and Life Satisfaction

5min

23.

The Facebook Whistle Blower Is Not a Facebook

2min

24.

The Causal Model Is Not Defining Body Image Problems

2min

The Facebook Whistleblower's testimony and interviews have made some alarming claims about social media and the harms it may cause. But do all of those claims hold up to scrutiny? Maybe not! Let's see what psychologist Dr. Lindsey Osterman has to say!

Lindsay's billion links: Internal Report 1, Teen Mental Health Deep Dive, Internal Report 2, Hard Life Moments: Mental Health Deep Dive, Whistleblower Full Senate Hearing Transcript, Body image dissatisfaction in preadolescent children, Disordered eating and the transition to college: A prospective study, Prevalence of body dissatisfaction among a United States adult sample, Prevalence, Onset, and Course of Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany, Lim et al (2019) Suicidality and Self Harm in Children and Adolescents, Swannell et al (2014) Prevalence of NSSI in nonclinical samples, Woods & Scott (2019) #Sleepteens, Keles et al (2002) Social Media and Depression, Anxiety, and Distress, Ferguson et al (2013) Peer, TV, and Social Media Influences on Body Dissatisfaction, ED Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Adolescent Girl, Orben et al (2019) Social Media’s Enduring Effect on Adolescent Life Satisfaction