The relationship between heavy social media use and depression and anxiety

It makes perfect sense that heavy social media use (especially usage bordering to addictive behavior) is linked to negative emotions, but I would have assumed that boys and girls are almost equally affected. Perhaps that just shows how little I understand about teenagers’ psychology. In any case, it brings up the question what can be done about the problem – and what the role of parents, schools, and society in general (including Big Tech) should be in all of this?

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