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August 18, 2025Open Access

The Psychological Impact of Social Media on Adolescents

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Adolescents experience significant psychological impacts due to social media, affecting their overall mental health and development.
Findings indicate varying effects across regions, with mixed-methods experiments showing unique challenges faced by teenagers globally.
Assessment combines techniques from case studies and surveys conducted in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom to illustrate findings.
The implications suggest the need for a deeper understanding of social media's role in adolescent mental well-being across different cultures.

Abstract

In the past decade, social media has grown from a marginal phenomenon to a ubiquitous and indispensable force influencing adolescent psychological growth globally. With the existence of platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube founded on the principles of algorithmic personalization, today's teenagers live in a personalized digital world catering to their individual tastes even as it is engineered to optimize attention and emotional engagement. This research assesses the worldwide psychological effects of social media on 13- to 19-year-olds, synthesizing data from a mixed-methods experiment in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom with case studies from Africa, Europe, and East Asia.

The Psychological Impact of Social Media on Adolescents

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