The most popular activity on the Internet among adolescents is social media and they spend a large proportion of their time on it. This extensive use has left parents and educators worried about the effects it has on adolescent’s development, and whether they should encourage or not. The current study examined the relationship between social media usage, body image and depressive symptoms among adolescent females and males in Iceland. Data in this study comes from Youth in Iceland 2016, a cross-sectional survey conducted by ICSRA. A random sample of 2,106 elementary students in the eighth, ninth and tenth grade was used, with 1,014 males and 1,067 females. Participant’s age ranged from 12 to 17 years. The results showed that social media us...
This study aimed to see whether there was a gender difference in online pornography use and whether ...
Internet use is gradually becoming more of an important factor in modern society, of which majority ...
Background: Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but ...
Research on factors influencing adolescents body image and self-esteem has increased over the years....
Social media is a relatively new and a fast-changing development, its effects on adolescents´ body i...
In recent years research has shown that adolescents' body image has deteriorated and the reasons for...
There have been significant changes in the western world with the advent of social media. Recent stu...
The main focus of this research is depression among adolescents, what effect body image and physical...
Social network sites have increased substantially in popularity in our society where the majority of...
Adolescent use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat has increased dra...
Background Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but u...
Facebook is a way for people to keep tabs on their friends and family while also constructing an ima...
The mental health burden of social media on adolescent development has become a subject of interest ...
Self-esteem is one of the most common constructs studied regarding adolescence. Self-esteem is defin...
Social media use among adolescents is nearly ubiquitous and has been associated with heightened depr...
This study aimed to see whether there was a gender difference in online pornography use and whether ...
Internet use is gradually becoming more of an important factor in modern society, of which majority ...
Background: Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but ...
Research on factors influencing adolescents body image and self-esteem has increased over the years....
Social media is a relatively new and a fast-changing development, its effects on adolescents´ body i...
In recent years research has shown that adolescents' body image has deteriorated and the reasons for...
There have been significant changes in the western world with the advent of social media. Recent stu...
The main focus of this research is depression among adolescents, what effect body image and physical...
Social network sites have increased substantially in popularity in our society where the majority of...
Adolescent use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat has increased dra...
Background Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but u...
Facebook is a way for people to keep tabs on their friends and family while also constructing an ima...
The mental health burden of social media on adolescent development has become a subject of interest ...
Self-esteem is one of the most common constructs studied regarding adolescence. Self-esteem is defin...
Social media use among adolescents is nearly ubiquitous and has been associated with heightened depr...
This study aimed to see whether there was a gender difference in online pornography use and whether ...
Internet use is gradually becoming more of an important factor in modern society, of which majority ...
Background: Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but ...