Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations www.nationalelfservice.net?p=209615 #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research - ThreadSky

About ThreadSky

thementalelf.bsky.social • 44 days ago

Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=209615

#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research

Comments

cjferguson1111.bsky.social•43 days ago

Gah are they using bivariate correlations? That’s a serious mistake common to meta analyses. Metas need to stop doing this as it exaggerates confidence in effects (even if still small). Also they’re too reliant on p values ignoring effects this small are often indistinguishable from stats noise.

cjferguson1111.bsky.social•43 days ago

I appreciate they are cautious in their conclusions unlike some. But these are common mistakes that only confuse issues. One reason so many metas are such a mess.

thementalelf.bsky.social•44 days ago

This excellent systematic review finds "a positive association between social media use and internalizing symptoms" in both community and clinical samples. However, the review also highlights a worrying "lack of research on clinical populations".

thementalelf.bsky.social•44 days ago

Amanda Sabo and @louiselasala.bsky.social summarise this systematic review and meta-analysis in JAMA Pediatrics, by Luisa Fassi, Kirsten Thomas, Douglas A. Parry, Amelia Leyland-Craggs, @tamsinford.bsky.social, @orbenamy.bsky.social

mqmentalhealth.bsky.social•43 days ago

Really interesting study, and echo's a lot of the findings from our report last year into the impact of all internet use (Social media, gaming, information gathering etc) on young peoples mental health.

https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/mental-health-and-the-internet/

Posting Rules

Be respectful to others
No spam or self-promotion
Stay on topic
Follow Bluesky's terms of service

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply