New Tool to Assess Digital Addiction in Children
A new study developed and validated a tool for assessing children’s overall addiction to digital devices.
Social Media Use and Disordered Eating in Young Adolescents
New research suggests that social media, particularly platforms with a strong focus on image posting and viewing, is associated with disordered eating in young adolescents.
Social media stress can lead to social media addiction
Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use.
Depressed by Facebook and the like
The answers to the question of whether using social networks can trigger depressive tendencies have been contradictory so far. The researchers from Bochum carried out one experimental and two questionnaire studies.
Self-injuring young girls overestimate negative feedback in social media simulation
Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to ”thumbs down” responses, compared to other adolescent girls. These are the findings presented by Irene Perini, researcher at Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN)…
How stress leads to Facebook addiction
Friends on social media such as Facebook can be a great source of comfort during periods of stress.