Risks Associated with the Use of Social Media Platforms on the Mental Health of Adolescents
Balboa, Richard; Corpuz, Marhon (2025)
2025
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The purpose of this study is to describe the risks associated with the use of social media platforms to the mental health of adolescents. The aim of this study is to produce beneficial knowledge about the risks involved in using social media platform to the mental health of adolescents that can be utilised for their safety and guidance.
Systematic process of descriptive literature review was done to thoroughly scour well-known and highly trusteed databases such as PubMed and CINAHL of highly relevant, primary, peer-reviewed, and scientific based research studies that could produce answers to our research questions. To produce targeted literatures, Boolean operators were utilised to filter out unwanted and irrelevant pieces of studies. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were also set-up to further slash impertinent data. Collected research studies were then scrutinized systematically and were charted by the use of Prisma Flow. Finally, we extracted the findings through the use of inductive content analysis where we categorised and coded the results of the studies selected.
Findings suggest that various social media platforms indeed pose significant risks to the mental health of adolescents. Charted summary of results from these studies highlighted that, excessive usage of different social media platforms can lead to an increased symptom of depression, anxiety, anger, risky behaviors among females, internet addiction, alcohol and substance abuse, racial discrimination, digital stress, sleep problems, negative or harmful behaviors such as neglect or self-harm, and lower quality of life in general. In conclusion, mental health of adolescents is at risk when prolonged exposure and unrestricted nature of interaction in various social media platforms is not controlled.
Systematic process of descriptive literature review was done to thoroughly scour well-known and highly trusteed databases such as PubMed and CINAHL of highly relevant, primary, peer-reviewed, and scientific based research studies that could produce answers to our research questions. To produce targeted literatures, Boolean operators were utilised to filter out unwanted and irrelevant pieces of studies. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were also set-up to further slash impertinent data. Collected research studies were then scrutinized systematically and were charted by the use of Prisma Flow. Finally, we extracted the findings through the use of inductive content analysis where we categorised and coded the results of the studies selected.
Findings suggest that various social media platforms indeed pose significant risks to the mental health of adolescents. Charted summary of results from these studies highlighted that, excessive usage of different social media platforms can lead to an increased symptom of depression, anxiety, anger, risky behaviors among females, internet addiction, alcohol and substance abuse, racial discrimination, digital stress, sleep problems, negative or harmful behaviors such as neglect or self-harm, and lower quality of life in general. In conclusion, mental health of adolescents is at risk when prolonged exposure and unrestricted nature of interaction in various social media platforms is not controlled.