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• The balance between their positive and negative experiences
with social media, such as getting comments from others,
posting content but not receiving any response from others,
or being "trolled" (having someone intentionally create conflict
with them online);
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• How they feel they respond emotionally to social media use,
including issues such as whether they often feel left out,
or "less than" others; how much pressure they feel to always
present the best version of themselves online; whether they
use social media to avoid "real life" problems; and how they
respond to negative news they encounter in social media; and
• Specifically, their sense of how using social media makes
them feel when they are already feeling depressed, stressed,
or anxious – whether, in general, they feel it makes them feel
better or worse, connects them to helpful support or sends
them "down a rabbit hole."
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See Methodology section for a discussion
of this term.
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See Methodology section for a discussion
of this term.
Social Media Use and Mental Well-Being
