Social media has taken the digital world by storm — with millions of people interacting online daily. For teen girls, however, the very strong presence of social media and all the interactions ...

One in five girls aged between 13 and 15 reported problems compared with one in 10 boys that age.

Parents and public health experts have a lot to say about what adolescent girls do on their phones. We asked teens to weigh in. By Sharon Attia Psychologists suggest teenagers take social media ...

Do multiplayer games count ... In a Common Sense report, teenage girls with symptoms of depression were more likely than girls without symptoms to say social media made other people’s lives ...

Measuring Mood in Teen Girls is Problematic Having just written a report for education charity The Female Lead on our research exploring the possibility of improving social media health—i.e. the ...

The impact of social media on the well-being of teens is a hotly debated topic, and rightly so. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that nearly three in five ...

Nearly half of adolescent girls ... to access social media. By age 15, 97 percent did. But even at age 11, 79 percent did. Girls made some suggestions — more content just for teens, age ...

W e know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own research that Instagram makes body image worse for one in three teen girls, and Snapchat has been sued several times ...

Researchers, legislators, therapists and concerned parents for years have been voicing alarm about the effects of social media on teenage girls. But how do girls themselves feel about social media?

The report suggests that the effects of social media vary somewhat by gender and race and ethnicity. Teen girls, for example, are slightly more likely than teen boys to say social media has hurt ...

45 percent said they spend too much time on social media — up from 36 percent in the 2022 Pew survey — and teen girls were more likely than boys to say it is harming their mental health ...

The report suggests that the effects of social media vary somewhat by gender and race and ethnicity. Teen girls, for example, are slightly more likely than teen boys to say social media has hurt ...