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The Association Between Frequency of Social Media Use, Wellbeing, and Depressive Symptoms: Disentangling Genetic and Environmental Factors.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2025

Sametoğlu Selim, Pelt Dirk H M, Bartels Meike

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Meta-analyses report small to moderate effect sizes or inconsistent associations (usually around r = -0.10) between wellbeing (WB) and social media use (SMU) and between anxious-depressive symptoms (ADS) and SMU (also around r = 0.10). This study employs the classical twin design, utilizing data from 6492 individuals from the Netherlands Twin Register, including 3369 MZ twins (893 complete twin pairs, 1583...

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PMID: 40542957
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-025-10224-2
PMCID: PMC12325487

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