Patti M. Valkenburg|Ine Beyens|J. Loes Pouwels|Irene I. van Driel|Loes Keijsers
Social Media Use and Adolescents’ Self-Esteem: Heading for a Person-Specific Media Effects Paradigm
University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|Erasmus University Rotterdam
abstract eighteen earlier studies investigated associations social media use smu adolescents selfesteem finding weak effects inconsistent results viable hypothesis mixed findings effect smu differs adolescent adolescent test hypothesis conducted preregistered threeweek experience sampling study among 387 adolescents 1315 years 54 girls adolescent reported hisher smu selfesteem six times per day 126 assessments per participant 34930 total using personspecific n 1 method analysis dynamic structural equation modeling found majority adolescents 88 experienced small effects smu selfesteem 10 amplt amplt 10 whereas 4 experienced positive 10 17 8 negative effects 21 10 results suggest personspecific effects longer ignored future media effects theories research