TY - JOUR
T1 - The Differential Impact of Social Media Use on Middle and High School Students
T2 - A Retrospective Study
AU - Shafi, Reem M.A.
AU - Nakonezny, Paul A.
AU - Romanowicz, Magdalena
AU - Nandakumar, Aiswarya L.
AU - Suarez, Laura
AU - Croarkin, Paul E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. P.E.C. receives research support from the NIH. Dr. P.E.C. has received research grant support from Pfizer, Inc.; equipment support from Neuronetics, Inc.; and received supplies and genotyping services from Assurex Health, Inc., for investigator-initiated studies. He is the primary investigator for a multicenter study funded by Neuronetics, Inc., and a site primary investigator for a study funded by NeoSync, Inc. Dr. P.E.C. serves as a paid consultant for Procter and Gamble Company. The other authors have no disclosures or potential conflicts of interest to declare.
Funding Information:
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. 3Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population and Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Funding: This publication was made possible by the Mayo Clinic Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) through grant number UL1TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research reported in this publication was also supported by the NIH under award R01 MH113700. The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The supporters had no role in the design, analysis, interpretation, or publication of the study.
Funding Information:
This publication was made possible by the Mayo Clinic Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) through grant number UL1TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research reported in this publication was also supported by the NIH under award R01 MH113700. The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The supporters had no role in the design, analysis, interpretation, or publication of the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2019, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Background: Social media use is now a central aspect of adolescent life and development. Little is known about the clinical implications of social media use in children and adolescents presenting in acute crisis for psychiatric admission. This study sought to compare the potential effects of social media use among middle and high school students on outcomes of psychiatric morbidity. It was hypothesized that among social media users, high school students would have greater psychiatric morbidity compared with middle school students. Methods: The research team extracted clinical and demographic data from adolescents (aged 12-17 years) presenting for acute psychiatric admission who also had documented social media use (N = 56). Educational status, middle school (n = 21) versus high school (n = 35), was examined as an independent variable. Psychotropic medication use, self-injurious behavior, suicide risk, and suicidal ideation were examined as dependent variables in logistic regression models. Results: High school students using social media had significantly greater predicted odds of psychotropic medication use and self-injurious behavior compared with students in middle school who used social media. High school students using social media had greater, although not statistically significant, predicted odds of suicide risk and suicidal ideation compared with middle school students using social media. Conclusions: Social media use is likely an important factor to consider in psychiatric evaluations. The present findings suggest that social media use in high school students is associated with greater psychiatric morbidity compared with middle school students. Further research could illuminate the developmental lines of social media use and age-specific risks.
AB - Background: Social media use is now a central aspect of adolescent life and development. Little is known about the clinical implications of social media use in children and adolescents presenting in acute crisis for psychiatric admission. This study sought to compare the potential effects of social media use among middle and high school students on outcomes of psychiatric morbidity. It was hypothesized that among social media users, high school students would have greater psychiatric morbidity compared with middle school students. Methods: The research team extracted clinical and demographic data from adolescents (aged 12-17 years) presenting for acute psychiatric admission who also had documented social media use (N = 56). Educational status, middle school (n = 21) versus high school (n = 35), was examined as an independent variable. Psychotropic medication use, self-injurious behavior, suicide risk, and suicidal ideation were examined as dependent variables in logistic regression models. Results: High school students using social media had significantly greater predicted odds of psychotropic medication use and self-injurious behavior compared with students in middle school who used social media. High school students using social media had greater, although not statistically significant, predicted odds of suicide risk and suicidal ideation compared with middle school students using social media. Conclusions: Social media use is likely an important factor to consider in psychiatric evaluations. The present findings suggest that social media use in high school students is associated with greater psychiatric morbidity compared with middle school students. Further research could illuminate the developmental lines of social media use and age-specific risks.
KW - adolescents
KW - high school
KW - middle school
KW - psychotropic medication
KW - social media
KW - suicidal ideation
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U2 - 10.1089/cap.2019.0071
DO - 10.1089/cap.2019.0071
M3 - Article
C2 - 31233343
AN - SCOPUS:85076196260
SN - 1044-5463
VL - 29
SP - 746
EP - 752
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
IS - 10
ER -