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Valkenburg PM, Meier A, Beyens I. Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. Curr Opin Psychol. 2021;44:58-68doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017.
Valkenburg, P. M., Meier, A., & Beyens, I. (2021). Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. Current opinion in psychology, 4458-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017
Valkenburg, Patti M, et al. "Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence." Current opinion in psychology vol. 44 (2021): 58-68. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017
Valkenburg PM, Meier A, Beyens I. Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 Aug 18;44:58-68. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34563980.
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Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 Aug 18;44:58-68. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence.

Current opinion in psychology

Patti M Valkenburg, Adrian Meier, Ine Beyens

Affiliations

  1. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. School of Business, Economics and Society, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
  3. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PMID: 34563980 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.017

Abstract

Literature reviews on how social media use affects adolescent mental health have accumulated at an unprecedented rate of late. Yet, a higher-level integration of the evidence is still lacking. We fill this gap with an up-to-date umbrella review, a review of reviews published between 2019 and mid-2021. Our search yielded 25 reviews: seven meta-analyses, nine systematic, and nine narrative reviews. Results showed that most reviews interpreted the associations between social media use and mental health as 'weak' or 'inconsistent,' whereas a few qualified the same associations as 'substantial' and 'deleterious.' We summarize the gaps identified in the reviews, provide an explanation for their diverging interpretations, and suggest several avenues for future research.

Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Depression; Depressive symptoms; Facebook; Instagram; Meta-review; SNS; Social networking sites; Well-being

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