How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Congress and state legislators are considering laws to restrict teen social media use, and school districts are suing social media companies for harming kids’ mental health. Are parents and policy makers right to be so concerned? Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, of Brown University, talks about the research on social media and teens’ mental health, whether it’s possible to be addicted to social media, what teens themselves think about social media, and what parents can do to help their kids use social media in a healthy way. For transcripts, links and more information, please visit the Speaking of Psychology Homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.1	Lately, the news has been full of headlines about how social media is supposedly causing a mental health crisis among young people.
0:34.4	In March, Utah became the first state to prohibit anyone under age 18 from using social
0:40.4	media without their parents' consent. Bills in the U.S. House and Senate would do the same if
0:45.6	signed into law. Meanwhile, since January, at least a dozen school districts around the country
0:51.7	have sued the companies behind social media platforms
0:55.0	such as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, accusing them of knowingly harming teens' mental health.
1:01.9	Even the U.S. Surgeon General has weighed in, saying he believes that 13 is too young for kids
1:07.5	to start using social media. Amid this surge of interest, psychologists and other
1:12.9	researchers are trying to shed light on whether parents and policymakers are right to be so concerned.
1:18.8	Is social media really causing a crisis in teen mental health? Or is it just one factor among many?
1:25.3	What age, if any, is too young to use social media? How much should
1:30.1	parents monitor their kids' social media use? What's the right balance between giving
1:34.9	teens privacy and keeping them safe online? And in all the talk about the harms of social media,
1:41.6	are we overlooking some of the ways in which it can help teens?
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