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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

06.18.25 | PLOS

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Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents’ problematic social media use: A longitudinal study
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. Credit: cyndidyoder83, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0323320

Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents’ problematic social media use: A longitudinal study

18-Jun-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Behavioral Psychology Health and Medicine Psychological Science Smartphones Social Psychology Social Research Social Sciences Technology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0323320
Article Publication Date
2025-06-18
Article Title
Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents’ problematic social media use: A longitudinal study
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, June 18). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2E50E1/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.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Jun. 18 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2E50E1/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.html.