Silje Christin Wang Linnerud, Camilla Olaussen, Jaroslav Zlamal, Monica Evelyn Kvande, Kristine Haddeland, Andréa Aparecida Goncalves Nes
The Norwegian version of the nursing student mentors' competence instrument (MCI): A psychometric validation study
International journal of nursing studies advances
mental health among children adolescents critical public health issue transgender gender nonbinary youths even greater risk social media consistently associated youth mental health little known gender identity interacts association use risk resilience approach examine association social media use mental health among transgender gender nonbinary cisgender youths crosssectional study analyzed data collected online survey may august 2021 participants included random sample us youths eligibility requirements included aged 10 17 years residing us statistical analysis performed february april 2022 social media use time type use favorite site social comparisons mindfulness taking intentional breaks cleaning curating feeds problematic use media literacy programs school mental health depression emotional problems conduct problems body image main outcomes participants included 1231 youths aged 10 17 years national quota sample united states 675 548 identified cisgender female 479 389 cisgender male 77 63 transgender gender nonbinary 4 03 identified american indian alaska native 111 90 asian 185 150 black 186 151 hispanic latinx 1 01 pacific islander 703 571 white 41 33 mixed andor another race ethnicity gender identity moderated strength direction multiple associations social media practices mental health active social media use eg emotional problems b 182 95 ci 016 349 p 03 cleaning andor curating social media feeds eg depression b 091 95 ci 198 009 p 03 taking intentional breaks eg depression b 103 95 ci 014 192 p 02 crosssectional study gender identity social media mental health gender identity associated youths experiences social media ways may distinct implications mental health results suggest research social media effects youths attend gender identity directing children adolescents spend less time social media may backfire transgender gender nonbinary youths intentional creating safe spaces social media may exist offline world