Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit · University of Cambridge · +4 more institutions
Abstract
The relationship between social media use and life satisfaction changes across adolescent development. Our analyses of two UK datasets comprising 84,011 participants (10-80 years old) find that the cross-sectional relationship between self-reported estimates of social media use and life satisfaction ratings is most negative in younger adolescents. Furthermore, sex differences in this relationship are only present during this time. Longitudinal analyses of 17,409 participants (10-21 years old) suggest distinct developmental windows of sensitivity to social media in adolescence, when higher estimated social media use predicts a decrease in life satisfaction ratings one year later (and vice-versa: lower estimated…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 117.30
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 49
Authors
4- AOAmy OrbenCorresponding
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
- AKAndrew K Przybylski
University of Oxford
- SBSarah‐Jayne Blakemore
University of Cambridge, University College London
- RKRogier Kievit
Radboud University Nijmegen, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Radboud University Medical Center
Topics & keywords
- Social media
- Life satisfaction
- Psychology
- Longitudinal study
- Demography
- Developmental psychology
- Media use
- Medicine
Funding
- WWellcomeAward: WT107496/Z/15/Z
- WTWellcome TrustAward: WT107496/ Z/15/Z
- UOUniversity of Cambridge
- JFJacobs Foundation
- HFHuo Family Foundation
- MRMedical Research CouncilAwards: SWAG/076.G101400, G101400, SUAG/047 G101400, MC_UU_00030/13
- EAEconomic and Social Research CouncilAwards: ES/T008709/1, ES/T008709/1
- ECEmmanuel College, University of Cambridge