Psychology experts find there’s ‘not enough evidence’ to link social media use to mental health problems

Medical Xpress October 17, 2024
Rebecca Mundy, Edge Hill University

Psychology experts in the UK and US have found there is “not enough evidence” to link social media use to mental health problems like anxiety and depression.

Professor Linda Kaye from Edge Hill University—with Professor Chris Ferguson at Stenson University, Florida, and colleagues from Northumbria University and Villanova University, Pennsylvania—carried out extensive meta-analysis which found “methodological weaknesses” in existing research in this field.

The team analyzed the results of 46 different research studies carried out around the globe and concluded, in a paper published in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, that there is currently no reliable evidence to link the general use of social media platforms to mental health problems. They did not explore how specific types of social media...

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