Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)

Effects of Social Media on Teenagers’ Mental Health

Authors
Haoyue Yuanyuanhaoyue.tracy@gmail.com
The International School of Macau, MUST Campus, 999078, China.
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Available Online 8 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220401.204How to use a DOI?
Keywords
teenagers; social media; anxiety; depression; mental health
Abstract

Teenagers spend a significant amount of time on social media with no age restrictions. Spending too much time on social media cause teenager to encounter health issues such as anxiety, depression, and inclination toward suicide. This paper examined the reason behind teenagers’ anxiety and depression was because spending time on social media limited their time to engage in face-to-face interactions. This study planned to conduct a questionnaire survey to collect data, and the research found that social media had various negative effects on teenagers’ mental health.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
8 April 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-560-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220401.204How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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