Viktor Schønning|Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland|Leif Edvard Aarø|Jens Christoffer Skogen
Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review
Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|University of Stavanger|Stavanger University Hospital
introduction social media become integrated part daily life estimated 3 billion social media users worldwide adolescents young adults active users social media research social media grown rapidly potential association social media use mental health wellbeing becoming polarized muchstudied subject current body knowledge theme complex difficulttofollow current paper presents scoping review published literature research field social media use association mental health wellbeing among adolescents methods analysis first relevant databases searched eligible studies vast range relevant search terms social media use mental health wellbeing past five years identified studies screened thoroughly included excluded based prior established criteria data included studies extracted summarized according previously published study protocol results among 79 studies met inclusion criteria vast majority 94 quantitative crosssectional design 57 common study design several studies focused different aspects mental health depression 29 studied aspect almost half included studies focused use nonspecified social network sites 43 specified social media facebook 39 studied social network site used approach measuring social media use frequency duration 56 participants genders included studies 92 seldom examined explanatory variable 77 included studies social media use independent variable conclusion findings current scoping review revealed 34 included studies focused social media aspect pathology focus potential association social media use positive outcomes seems rarer current literature amongst included studies separated different forms interactions social media likely differentially associated mental health wellbeing outcomes