Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence
Youth of today grow up in a digital social world but the effects on well-being and brain development remain debated. This study tracked longitudinal associations between structural brain development, social media use and mental well-being.The study demonstrated two pathways of heterogeneity in brain...
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| author | Michelle Achterberg Andrik Becht Renske van der Cruijsen Ilse H. van de Groep Jochem P. Spaans Eduard Klapwijk Eveline A. Crone |
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| description | Youth of today grow up in a digital social world but the effects on well-being and brain development remain debated. This study tracked longitudinal associations between structural brain development, social media use and mental well-being.The study demonstrated two pathways of heterogeneity in brain development. First, adolescents who used social media more than their peers showed higher baseline cortical thickness in lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) and medial PFC; and stronger decreases in the lateral PFC and temporal parietal junction. In contrast, adolescents with lower mental well-being showed lower baseline levels of surface area in the medial PFC and posterior superior temporal sulcus relative to their peers. Whereas the associations between structural brain development and well-being remained significant after correction for multiple testing, the results for social media use did not survive FDR correction.These findings demonstrate that although social media use and mental well-being were both associated with differential trajectories of brain development, the associations we report are distinct. These results show a nuanced perspective on the presumed relations between social media use and well-being and provide a starting point to further examine neural mechanisms that could explain which adolescents thrive by social media and which might be harmed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb5c7e4cca76429385561a95e91d90542022-12-22T01:51:44ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932022-04-0154101088Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescenceMichelle Achterberg0Andrik Becht1Renske van der Cruijsen2Ilse H. van de Groep3Jochem P. Spaans4Eduard Klapwijk5Eveline A. Crone6Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Leiden University, The Netherlands; Corresponding author at: Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Utrecht University, The NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Center, The NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Leiden University, The NetherlandsYouth of today grow up in a digital social world but the effects on well-being and brain development remain debated. This study tracked longitudinal associations between structural brain development, social media use and mental well-being.The study demonstrated two pathways of heterogeneity in brain development. First, adolescents who used social media more than their peers showed higher baseline cortical thickness in lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) and medial PFC; and stronger decreases in the lateral PFC and temporal parietal junction. In contrast, adolescents with lower mental well-being showed lower baseline levels of surface area in the medial PFC and posterior superior temporal sulcus relative to their peers. Whereas the associations between structural brain development and well-being remained significant after correction for multiple testing, the results for social media use did not survive FDR correction.These findings demonstrate that although social media use and mental well-being were both associated with differential trajectories of brain development, the associations we report are distinct. These results show a nuanced perspective on the presumed relations between social media use and well-being and provide a starting point to further examine neural mechanisms that could explain which adolescents thrive by social media and which might be harmed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000329Social mediaAdolescenceMental well-beingCortical thicknessSurface area |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Achterberg Andrik Becht Renske van der Cruijsen Ilse H. van de Groep Jochem P. Spaans Eduard Klapwijk Eveline A. Crone Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Social media Adolescence Mental well-being Cortical thickness Surface area |
| title | Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| title_full | Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| title_fullStr | Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| title_short | Longitudinal associations between social media use, mental well-being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| title_sort | longitudinal associations between social media use mental well being and structural brain development across adolescence |
| topic | Social media Adolescence Mental well-being Cortical thickness Surface area |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000329 |
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