Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health

Elia Abi-Jaoude; Karline Treurnicht Naylor; Antonio Pignatiello

doi:10.1503/cmaj.190434

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RE: Peer Reviewed Studies Not Mentioned In Your Lit Review
Darren Laur

Published on: 12 February 2020

Published on: (12 February 2020)

RE: Peer Reviewed Studies Not Mentioned In Your Lit Review
Darren Laur, Digital Literacy Educator, PPS
We are wondering why in your academic literature review paper, you did not cite the research in these very recent peer reviewed studies that show a statistically insignificant correlation between tech and mental health:

Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A. A., Zurcher, J. D., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, 106160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160
Heffer, T., Good, M., Daly, O., MacDonell, E., & Willoughby, T. (2019). The Longitudinal Association Between Social-Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Empirical Reply to Twenge et al. (2018). Clinical Psychological Science, 7(3), 462–470. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618812727
Jensen, M., George, M. J., Russell, M. R., & Odgers, C. L. (2019). Young Adolescents’ Digital Technology Use and Mental Health Symptoms: Little Evidence of Longitudinal or Daily Linkages. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(6), 1416–1433. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619859336
Jensen, M., & Odgers, C. (2020). Annual Research Review: Adolescent mental health in the digital age: facts, fears, and future directions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry....
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We are wondering why in your academic literature review paper, you did not cite the research in these very recent peer reviewed studies that show a statistically insignificant correlation between tech and mental health:

Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A. A., Zurcher, J. D., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, 106160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160
Heffer, T., Good, M., Daly, O., MacDonell, E., & Willoughby, T. (2019). The Longitudinal Association Between Social-Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Empirical Reply to Twenge et al. (2018). Clinical Psychological Science, 7(3), 462–470. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618812727
Jensen, M., George, M. J., Russell, M. R., & Odgers, C. L. (2019). Young Adolescents’ Digital Technology Use and Mental Health Symptoms: Little Evidence of Longitudinal or Daily Linkages. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(6), 1416–1433. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619859336
Jensen, M., & Odgers, C. (2020). Annual Research Review: Adolescent mental health in the digital age: facts, fears, and future directions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13190
Orben, A., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019a). The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0506-1
Orben, A., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019b). Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Three Time-Use-Diary Studies. Psychological Science, 30(5), 682–696. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619830329

The authors do not speak to how social media can actually help those who do have mental wellness challenges as discussed in this Canadian report:

Mental Health, Technology and You. (2017). Mental Health Commission of Canada. https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/sites/default/files/2017-08/MHCC%2...

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Competing Interests: None declared.