U.S. Surgeon General Advisory: Social Media and Youth Mental Health
HHS.GOVThe U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
How Parents Can Actually Help Teens Navigate Social Media
The New York TimesThe U.S. surgeon general and the American Psychological Association have urged parents to monitor adolescents for “problematic” social media use. We asked experts for some realistic and effective ways to do this.
American Psychological Association issues advisory for teens and social media
GMAIn the first guidance of its kind, the American Psychological Association (APA) has issued sweeping recommendations intended to help teenagers use social media safely.
Major psychologists’ group warns of social media’s potential harm to kids
NPRFor the first time, the American Psychological Association has issued recommendations for guiding teenager’s use of social media.
Teens should be trained before entering the world of social media, APA says
CNN HealthThe American Psychological Association is calling for teens to undergo training before they enter the sometimes fun but sometimes fraught world of social media.
Teens should be trained in media literacy and limit their screen time, psychologists say in new guidelines
NBC News The American Psychological Association released 10 recommendations for adolescents’ use of social media.
How much is too much social media use
APA.orgAPA’s chief science officer, Mitch Prinstein, PhD, provides several recommendations on how to help teens develop social media literacy skills
Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
APA.orgPsychological scientists examine potential beneficial and harmful effects of social mediaa use on adolescents’ social, educational, psychological, and neurological development.
Teens should be trained in media literacy and limit their screen time, psychologists say in new guidelines
NBC NewsThe American Psychological Association released 10 recommendations for adolescents’ use of social media.
Momentary links between adolescents’ social media use and social experiences and motivations: Individual differences by peer susceptibility
Published in Developmental Psychology (April 2023) Authors: Armstrong-Carter, E., Garrett, S.L., Nick, E.A., Prinstein, M.J., & Telzer, E.H.