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J Loes Pouwels1, Ine Beyens2, Loes Keijsers3
1Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
To better understand the effects of social media use on adolescents' psychosocial functioning, this study examined the temporal stability of social media effects across two separate 3-week experience sampling methodology (ESM) studies conducted 6 months apart in 2019 and 2020. Participants were 297 adolescents (Mage = 14.1 years, SD = 0.7, 58.9% girls; 41.1% boys; 0.1% other; 97% Dutch) who completed 126 momentary questionnaires on social media use, affective well-being, self-esteem, and friendship closeness in each of the two ESM studies. The effects of social media on psychosocial functioning had low rank-order stability (r = .05-.25). Findings indicated that the effects of social media use varied not only between individuals but also changed substantially within individuals over time.
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