The Effect of Social Media Use on Adolescent’ Mental Health
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.144How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Social Media; Comparison; Mental issues; Depression; Beneficial; Harmful
- Abstract
In our society today, we focus on how we look, act and think. Another way of expressing our life could be on social media. We often use Instagram or Snapchat nowadays to find others that share the same interests as us. Both have their advantages, but something to keep in mind is that, no matter how much you spend time on social media, at the end of the day, human interaction would be the key to life. To reduce stress and to feel brighter each day, you need face-to-face contact with others. Even though social media could bring support of connecting you and others, spending too much time on it can make you feel separated from the real world. It can also increase the possibility of getting mental health issues. Social media is an enormous part of teenage society today. Many teenagers spend countless hours scrolling through various forms of social media. Many of them even compare their life with the celebrities’ life on the social media platform, and they will often feel upset or feel their life is dull. With that being said, the effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health should be one of the most crucial things when people think of mental health issues, plus the fact that it has greatly influenced many teenagers’ lives over the past decades.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiwen Zheng PY - 2022 DA - 2022/07/11 TI - The Effect of Social Media Use on Adolescent’ Mental Health BT - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 796 EP - 799 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.144 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.144 ID - Zheng2022 ER -