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Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagramming can come with downsides.

Fourteen-year-old girls are twice as likely as boys to become depressed due to social media, UCL study finds...

LONDON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Teenage girls who spend more time on social media have a higher risk of depression, according to a study published in the British journal EClinicalMedicine on Thursday. Researchers led by Yvonne Kelly from University College London (UCL) in Britain found that almost 40 percent of girls who spend more than five hours a day on social media show symptoms of depression, while the rate is much lower for boys, which is less than 15 percent. The researchers said the underlying processes of this phenomenon are not well understood. Simon Wessely, an ex-president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, told the British newspaper The Guardian that the researchers "still cannot definitely say that social media usage causes poor mental health, although the evidence is starting to point in that direction." Two-fifths of girls studied by UCL researchers have suffered online harassments or online bullying compared to one-quarter of boys, while 40 percent of girls, compared to 28 percent of boys, have suffered sleep loss because of online habits, according to the study. Compared with boys, girls are more likely to have low self-esteem and body weight dissatisfaction, and be unhappy with their appearance, said the study. The research is based on interviews with almost 11,000 14-year-olds who are taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study, a major research project into children's lives. The researchers claimed that these findings are highly relevant to current policy development on guidelines for the safe use of social media and call on industry to more tightly regulate hours of social media use for young people.

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Download Vishva Times App – Live News, Entertainment, Sports, Politics & MoreTeenage girls who spend more time on social media have a higher risk of depression than boys, a study has found.Researchers led by Yvonne Kelly from the University...

Yet another study has revealed that more time spent on social media translates into higher rates of depression especially among young girls. The new study reveals that girls are worst affected by depression due to poor sleep and online bullying compared to boys.

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagramming can come with downsides. Matt Yurus reports.

In the first analysis of its kind, researchers at University College London looked at the association between social media use and symptoms of depression in young people.

Social media causes depression—and it may be worse on teen girls.

A report from the National Literacy Trust also shows a decline in literacy engagement as children transition from primary to secondary school.

As the Royal Society for Public Health launches its #ScrollFreeSeptember campaign, encouraging people to take time out from using social media, ICLS Director Yvonne Kelly has been discussing the centre's research into the links between heavy social media use and poorer outcomes for children and young people. In a specially commissioned blog to coincide with the launch of the campaign, Professor Kelly, who has been using the Millennium Cohort Study to look at social media and young people's happiness, wellbeing, depressive symptoms and literacy, argues there is a growing body of evidence that points to the need to limit the time they spend using social media. She says the research carried out at ICLS indicates it is time to agree what healthy and safe social media use looks like and to offer clear guidance to all those involved in its development and use.

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagramming can come with downsides.

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagramming can come with downsides....

Using social media for five hours or more per day is tied to a big jump in risk for depression among 14-year-olds, and especially for girls, a new British study shows.

By the time they turn 14, young girls are twice as likely to show symptoms of depression than boys – and researchers blame social media.

Researchers found the most important routes from social media use to depressive symptoms were shown to be via poor sleep and online harassment.

Read more about Girls twice more likely to be depressed than boys due to social media use on Business Standard.The study also showed that 40 per cent of girls compared to 28 per cent of boys had their sleep was often disrupted...

Girls were found more likely to have low self-esteem and body weight dissatisfaction and be unhappy with their appearance, than boys.

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagrammi...

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagrammi...

Though social media can be a helpful tool for teenagers to learn and connect with friends, experts have long warned that too much Snapchatting or Instagramming can come with downsides.

From casting spells to superhuman strength, fictional characters like Harry Potter and the Incredible Hulk have long enthralled children.Now it appears that their powers extend beyond the pages of books and give extra resilience to children.A large-scale report published today by the National Litera...

We have worked with children’s mental health charity, Place2Be, to develop a series of free wellbeing-themed teaching resources for primary schools, secondary schools and parents.