How social media affects teens’ mental health and well-being, with Linda Charmaraman, PhD

The vast majority of U.S. teens have accessibility to a mobile phone as well as at the very least one social media sites account, as well as recent headlines seem to validate parents’ worst anxieties regarding the results of all that time spent online. However psychologists’ research suggests that there are nuanced answers to the concern of exactly how social media influences teens’ psychological health and wellness and well-being. Linda Charmaraman, PhD, director of the Youth, Media as well as Wellbeing Research Lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women, talks about how teenagers utilize social media sites today, its influence on their mental health and wellness, as well as what moms and dads, educators and others can do to optimize its advantages as well as reduce its potential injuries.
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