The following research provides further documentation of the negative effects of social media on teens - among an abundance of other citations:
A.H. F. Yousef, A. H. S Metwally. (2025 March 7). Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review. MDPI.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15/3/283
Dr. B. Rogers. (n.d.) Hero's Journey Restorying Intervention. Carroll School of Management. Boston College
https://bostoncollege.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_724BzzxcIUzIEku
X. Cao, L. Yu, Y. Yu, B. Cheng. (2023, December 12). Understanding the mechanism of social media addiction: A socio-technical systems.perspectiveSage Journals.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02666669231218685
J. Amirthalingam, A. Khera (2026, January 13) Understanding Social Media Addiction: A Deep Dive. National Library Of Medicine
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11594359/
F. Cai, Y. Wang, S. Jin (2024, October 27) The Impact Of Social Media Addiction On College Students' Mental Health Through Social Support and Resilience. Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35779-w
T. Smith. (2023, June 21) Social Media Addiction The Cause and Result of Growing Social Problems. Springer.
https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_365-1
Y. Hou, D. Xiong, T. Jiang, L. Song, Q. Wang. (2019 n.d.) Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention. MUNI
https://www.cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/11562
J. Brailovskaia. (2024, July n.d.) The “Vicious Circle of addictive Social Media Use and Mental Health” Model. Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824001835
Z. Jing, W. Yang, Z. Lei, W. Junmei, L. Hui, Z. Tianmin. (2024, September 25) Correlations between social media addiction and anxiety, depression, FOMO, loneliness and self-esteem among students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Plos One
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.032946024https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329466
Landa-Blanco, M., Reyes García, Y., Landa-Blanco, A. L., Cortés-Ramos, A., & Paz-Maldonado, E. (2024). Social media addiction relationship with academic engagement in university students: The mediator role of self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Heliyon, 10(2), e24384.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024004158
