The effect of municipality-level social media use on youth mental health
Assuming that all relevant factors influencing both social media use and youth mental health were accounted for, the findings suggest that living in municipalities with high social media use may have a small effect on youth mental health among boys, while no effect was observed among girls.
Authors
- Olav Bertin Tveit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9202-7619)
- Guido Biele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-9024)
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24727-4
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Helse- og Omsorgsdepartementet
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health