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0 pointsSpaceManNabs2y ago0 comments

Thank you! It is well established that teenage girls’ attempted suicide rates rose with the advent of social media.

I dont think there are any smoking-gun causal studies, but the correlation evidence is very strong.

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Isn't this largely a US phenomenon?

It has been studied mostly on US adolescents. There is some research on Dutch teens too.

I would say more that this effect is more well studied on US teens so we can say more conclusive things on US teens. In addition, there is some indication that the effect could also be present in non-US teens and should be further studied.

RandomLensman2y ago

Thanks. Most things I have seen have the US/perhaps Anglo-Saxon countries stand stand out (e.g., https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-resistance-hypot...), but could indeed by evolving.

That makes putting it on social media alone much more tenuous, though.

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0 pointsSpaceManNabs2y ago0 comments

Thank you! It is well established that teenage girls’ attempted suicide rates rose with the advent of social media.

I dont think there are any smoking-gun causal studies, but the correlation evidence is very strong.

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RandomLensman2y ago

Isn't this largely a US phenomenon?

SpaceManNabsOP2y ago

It has been studied mostly on US adolescents. There is some research on Dutch teens too.

RandomLensman2y ago

Thanks. Most things I have seen have the US/perhaps Anglo-Saxon countries stand stand out (e.g., https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-resistance-hypot...), but could indeed by evolving.

That makes putting it on social media alone much more tenuous, though.

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