Social Networking and the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Adolescents in Australia

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. Her research activities focus on the selfregulatory processes of adolescent behaviour and child and adolescent emotional and behavioural difficulties. She has been particularly concerned with developing innovative multimedia methods and strategies for enhancing the engagement and motivation of at-risk children and youth to bring about positive change in their lives. Address: School of Education, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Q 4072, Australia. Email: a.carroll@uq.edu.au 3 Impacts of the Use of Social Networking on Social and Emotional Well-Being of Adolescents in Australia AbstractTechnology and social networking tools and sites are changing the way that young people build and maintain their social connections with others (Boyd & Ellison, 2008). This study 4Identity formation and social development are key components occurring during adolescence.

Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review

“…The most common study settings were schools [ N = 42 (54%)] ( Best et al, 2014 ; Bourgeois et al, 2014 ; Meier and Gray, 2014 ; Neira and Barber, 2014 ; O’Connor et al, 2014 ; Banjanin et al, 2015 ; Hanprathet et al, 2015 ; Hase et al, 2015 ; Sampasa-Kanyinga and Lewis, 2015 ; Frison and Eggermont, 2016 ; Sampasa-Kanyinga and Chaput, 2016 ; Woods and Scott, 2016 ; Banyai et al, 2017 ; Brunborg et al, 2017 ; Colder Carras et al, 2017 ; Foerster and Roosli, 2017 ; Geusens and Beullens, 2017 , 2018 ; Kim, 2017 ; Larm et al, 2017 , 2019 ; Merelle et al, 2017 ; Nesi et al, 2017a , b ; Przybylski and Bowes, 2017 ; Rousseau et al, 2017 ; Salmela-Aro et al, 2017 ; Tiggemann and Slater, 2017 ; de Lenne et al, 2018 ; Fredrick and Demaray, 2018 ; Houghton et al, 2018 ; Lai et al, 2018 ; Marengo et al, 2018 ; Niu et al, 2018 ; Nursalam et al, 2018 ; Sampasa-Kanyinga et al, 2018 ; Scott and Woods, 2018 ; Settanni et al, 2018 ; van den Eijnden et al, 2018 ; Wang et al, 2018 ; Holfeld and Mishna, 2019 ; Kim et al, 2019 ). Fourteen of the included studies were based on data from a home setting ( Cross et al, 2015 ; Koo et al, 2015 ; Spears et al, 2015 ; Boyle et al, 2016 ; de Vries et al, 2016 ; Harbard et al, 2016 ; Barry et al, 2017 ; Frison and Eggermont, 2017 ; Oberst et al, 2017 ; Yan et al, 2017 ; Booker et al, 2018 ; ...…”

“…The most studied aspect was depression, with 23 (29%) studies examining the relationship between social media use and depressive symptoms ( Ferguson et al, 2014 ; Neira and Barber, 2014 ; O’Connor et al, 2014 ; Banjanin et al, 2015 ; Richards et al, 2015 ; Spears et al, 2015 ; Tseng and Yang, 2015 ; Fahy et al, 2016 ; Frison and Eggermont, 2016 , 2017 ; Woods and Scott, 2016 ; Banyai et al, 2017 ; Brunborg et al, 2017 ; Colder Carras et al, 2017 ; Larm et al, 2017 ; Nesi et al, 2017a ; Salmela-Aro et al, 2017 ; Fredrick and Demaray, 2018 ; Houghton et al, 2018 ; Niu et al, 2018 ; Twenge et al, 2018 ; Wang et al, 2018 ; Wartberg et al, 2018 ). Twenty of the included studies focused on different aspects of good mental health, such as well-being, happiness, or quality of life ( Best et al, 2014 , 2015 ; Bourgeois et al, 2014 ; Ferguson et al, 2014 ; Cross et al, 2015 ; Koo et al, 2015 ; Richards et al, 2015 ; Spears et al, 2015 ; Fahy et al, 2016 ; Foerster and Roosli, 2017 ; Przybylski and Bowes, 2017 ; Przybylski and Weinstein, 2017 ; Yan et al, 2017 ; Booker et al, 2018 ; de Lenne et al, 2018 ; Erfani and Abedin, 2018 ; Erreygers et al, 2018 ; Lai et al, 2018 ; van den Eijnden et al, 2018 ; Twenge and Campbell, 2019 ). Nineteen studies had a more broad-stroke approach, and covered general mental health or psychiatric problems ( Aboujaoude et al, 2015 ; Hanprathet et al, 2015 ; Hase et al, 2015 ; Sampasa-Kanyinga and Lewis, 2015 ; Spears et al, 2015 ; Fisher et al, 2016 ; Barry et al, 2017 ;…”

“…Of 7927 unique studies, 79 (1%) met our inclusion criteria (Aboujaoude et al, 2015;Banjanin et al, 2015;Banyai et al, 2017;Barry et al, 2017;Best et al, 2014Best et al, , 2015Booker et al, 2018;Bourgeois et al, 2014;Boyle et al, 2016;Brunborg et al, 2017;Burnette et al, 2017;Colder Carras et al, 2017;Critchlow et al, 2019;Cross et al, 2015;Curtis et al, 2018;de Lenne et al, 2018;de Vries et al, 2016;Erfani and Abedin, 2018;Erreygers et al, 2018;Fahy et al, 2016;Ferguson et al, 2014;Fisher et al, 2016;Foerster and Roosli, 2017;Foody et al, 2017;Fredrick and Demaray, 2018;Beullens, 2017, 2018;Hamm et al, 2015;Hanprathet et al, 2015;Harbard et al, 2016;Hase et al, 2015;Holfeld and Mishna, 2019;Houghton et al, 2018;Jafarpour et al, 2017;John et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2019;Kim, 2017;Koo et al, 2015;Lai et al, 2018;Larm et al, 2017Larm et al, , 2019…”

“…The most studied aspect was depression, with 23 (29%) studies examining the relationship between social media use and depressive symptoms (Ferguson et al, 2014;Neira and Barber, 2014;O'Connor et al, 2014;Banjanin et al, 2015;Richards et al, 2015;Spears et al, 2015;Tseng and Yang, 2015;Fahy et al, 2016;Banyai et al, 2017;Brunborg et al, 2017;Colder Carras et al, 2017;Larm et al, 2017;Nesi et al, 2017a;Salmela-Aro et al, 2017;Fredrick and Demaray, 2018;Houghton et al, 2018;Niu et al, 2018;Twenge et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018;Wartberg et al, 2018). Twenty of the included studies focused on different aspects of good mental health, such as well-being, happiness, or quality of life (Best et al, 2014(Best et al, , 2015Bourgeois et al, 2014;Ferguson et al, 2014;Cross et al, 2015;Koo et al, 2015;Richards et al, 2015;Spears et al, 2015;Fahy et al, 2016;Foerster and Roosli, 2017;Przybylski and Bowes, 2017;Yan et al, 2017;Booker et al, 2018;de Lenne et al, 2018;Erfani and Abedin, 2018;Erreygers et al, 2018;Lai et al, 2018;…”

Alone with My Phone: Exploring Links Between Solitude, Technology Use, and Socio-Emotional Functioning in Adolescents

“…Indeed, a few studies have found that belonging to online forums or consuming news from friends can increase feelings of social connection with others (Burke et al, 2011). Indeed, continuous checking on Facebook has been found to be associated with feelings of connectedness and fitting in with the peer group (Bourgeois, Bower, & Carroll, 2014). The awareness that others are also online can help to convey a sense of connectedness without the exchange of direct messaging (Rettie, 2003).…”