Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne...
by shpx on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @08:43PM
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It's not really about spending at most the specific number of hours. Parents want their children (and maybe the children themselves too) to be the type of person that only spends that number of hours.
> people using social media moderately (half an hour to one and a half hours a day) had little to no decline in their mental health, compared to a large mental health decline in those using it a lot
this is at least in part because the type of person that spends 1.5 hours on social media vs the type of person that spends 5 is a different type of person that probably cares less about what's on there, i.e. selection bias.
> people using social media moderately (half an hour to one and a half hours a day) had little to no decline in their mental health, compared to a large mental health decline in those using it a lot
this is at least in part because the type of person that spends 1.5 hours on social media vs the type of person that spends 5 is a different type of person that probably cares less about what's on there, i.e. selection bias.