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The title seems to contradict the content of the research - to quote the abstract of the paper, "Technology engagement had become less strongly associated with
by penteract 5y ago
The title seems to contradict the content of the research - to quote the abstract of the paper, "Technology engagement had become less strongly associated with depression in the past decade", i.e. there is a link between depression and technology use, it's just not as strong as it used to be.
- jeltz 5y agoBut wouldn't that be trivially explainable with that since everyone uses technology all the time these days those who use it to escape their issues stand put less? Meaning the study essentially just measures to ubiquity of tech.
- mattgreenrocks 5y agoAlso consider that tech addiction is currently quite normalized IMO.
- dash2 5y agoFull quote: Technology engagement had become less strongly associated with depression in the past decade, but social-media use had become more strongly associated with emotional problems. We detected no changes in five other associations or differential associations by sex. There is therefore little evidence for increases in the associations between adolescents’ technology engagement and mental health. In other words, "some links got stronger, others got weaker, there's no clear pattern so we don't take these changes that seriously."