Associations between social media-based emotional support and internalizing symptoms: a longitudinal study in a national sample of U.S. adolescents and emerging adults
The mental health crisis in young people persists, with adolescents and emerging adults from minority backgrounds facing elevated risk for internalizing symptoms. While social media (SM) use is ubiquitous among U.S. young people, research has primarily focused on time spent on SM and potential harms, with limited a...