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The study title is “ There Is No Evidence That Associations Between Adolescents’ Digital Technology Engagement and Mental Health Problems Have Increased”. It d
by jiofih 5y ago
The study title is “ There Is No Evidence That Associations Between Adolescents’ Digital Technology Engagement and Mental Health Problems Have Increased”.
It does NOT suggest there is no link, but that it hasn’t gotten worse (or better) in the past 10 years.
- dash2 5y agoYeah, in fact the basic result is that there's about a .05-.20 ish correlation between social media and various mental health problems, broadly defined (not depression though, it's a zero). And this correlation doesn't change. Correlation is not causation and this study makes no attempt to solve that problem. Note also that if the association is causal, and the size of the association remains the same, but the level of the independent variable goes up - i.e. people spend more time on their phones/TVs/computers - then the size of the resulting problem will go up too.
- aspaceman 5y agoI would imagine that’s a similar level of correlation with adults as well? Between mental health problems and adult usage that is.
- chillacy 5y agoI’ve heard a theory that the causation is in the other direction, where those who are currently depressed spend more time consuming media including social media
- judge2020 5y agoDefinitely need the title changed @dang