Social media positive feedback and its impact on adolescents’ health risk behaviors: the chain mediation role of cognitive bias and emotions

This study found that social media positive feedback was significantly associated with adolescents' health risk behaviors, and cognitive bias and emotional states play a mediating role in this influence. These findings highlight the potential role of social media in influencing adolescents' risk behaviors and suggest that public health interventions should focus on the impact of the social media environment on adolescents' behaviors. Interventions that improve emotional regulation and reduce cognitive biases may help decrease the occurrence of health risk behaviors.