“…During the developmental period, adolescents experience biological, psychological, and social changes that come with various developmental tasks, for example, developing personal identity, forming strong identification with peers, and establishing social autonomy (Christie & Viner, 2005). In general, past studies have discussed the interplays between SNS use and adolescents' psychosocial development, for example., identity development (Papacharissi, 2011;Spies Shapiro & Margolin, 2014;Valkenburg et al, 2005;Yang et al, 2022), and formation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with peers or close others (Boyd, 2014;Colì et al, 2023;Davis, 2012;Spies Shapiro & Margolin, 2014).…”