Do we spend too much time on social media, and more importantly, how is it affecting our lives? In this week’s episode, we discuss a recent study assessing the effect of social media on how satisfied we are with our lives and vice versa across different age groups. Fret not, there are still benefits to social media, it all depends on how you use it!

TLDR: Researchers reported an overall association between social media use and lower life satisfaction, where effect sizes were the largest in adolescence

Links:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328090012.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29296-3

https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/adolescence/adolescent-age-range-and-what-it-means/

https://doi.org/10.1089%2Fcyber.2014.0070

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