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  • 12 - Problematic Digital Media Use and Addiction

  • from Part III - Digital Media and Adolescent Mental Disorders
  • Edited by Jacqueline Nesi, Brown University, Rhode Island, Eva H. Telzer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Mitchell J. Prinstein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book:
    Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health
    Published online:
    30 June 2022
    Print publication:
    14 July 2022, pp 300-316
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  • Summary

    Adolescents spend considerable amounts of time using digital media and social media. Although risks and benefits exist, clinicians, teachers, and parents have grown concerned about problematic use, or excessive use that interferes with adolescents’ health, well-being, and development. In this chapter, we explain the difference between problematic and normative media use, and review existing prevention and treatment approaches for problematic social media use. Although we could not identify published prevention or intervention programs specific to problematic social media use, we present results from a pilot study and other digital media interventions and provide guidance on how clinicians should screen for problematic media use. As this research is still in its early stages, we conclude with directions for future research. Research needs to expand beyond simple measures of amount of social media use and recruit more diverse adolescents (including adolescents with comorbid mental health concerns).