Researchers found that as preteens used more social media, their depressive symptoms increased. Yet the reverse wasn’t true — a rise in depressive symptoms didn’t predict a later increase in social media use.
Isn’t there a fairly robust body of research demonstrating a causal link between excessive social media use and increased anxiety at this point? Increased anxiety over a prolonged period of time can certainly cause depression, so I see it as a secondary effect.
Isn’t there a fairly robust body of research demonstrating a causal link between excessive social media use and increased anxiety at this point? Increased anxiety over a prolonged period of time can certainly cause depression, so I see it as a secondary effect.
afaik for some years now.