image: Low social support and a tendency to compare yourself to others may be associated with problematic social media use, per study of 403 Italian adolescents.
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Low social support and a tendency to compare yourself to others may be associated with problematic social media use, per study of 403 Italian adolescents
Article URL: https://plos.io/4kMA1J8
Article title: Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents’ problematic social media use: A longitudinal study
Author countries: Italy, Germany
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents’ problematic social media use: A longitudinal study
Article Publication Date
18-Jun-2025
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.