Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms
Adolescence is a period of profound biopsychosocial development, with pubertally-driven neural reorganization as social demands increase in peer contexts. The explosive increase in social media access has fundamentally changed peer interactions among youth, creating an urgent need to understand its...
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| author | Nathan M. Petro Giorgia Picci Lauren K. Webert Mikki Schantell Jake J. Son Thomas W. Ward Kellen M. McDonald Cooper L. Livermore Abraham D. Killanin Danielle L. Rice Grace C. Ende Anna T. Coutant Erica L. Steiner Tony W. Wilson |
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| description | Adolescence is a period of profound biopsychosocial development, with pubertally-driven neural reorganization as social demands increase in peer contexts. The explosive increase in social media access has fundamentally changed peer interactions among youth, creating an urgent need to understand its impact on neurobiological development and mental health. Extant literature indicates that using social media promotes social comparison and feedback seeking (SCFS) behaviors in youth, which portend increased risk for mental health disorders, but little is known about its impact on neurobiological development. We assessed social media behaviors, mental health symptoms, and spontaneous cortical activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in 80 typically developing youth (8–16 years) and tested how self-reported pubertal stage moderates their relationship. More mature adolescents who engaged in more SCFS showed weaker fusiform/parahippocampal alpha and medial prefrontal beta activity, and increased symptoms of anxiety and attention problems. Engaging in SCFS on social media during adolescence may thus relate to developmental differences in brain regions that undergo considerable development during puberty. These results are consistent with works indicating altered neurodevelopmental trajectories within association cortices surrounding the onset of many mental health disorders. Importantly, later pubertal stages may be most sensitive to the detrimental effects of social media use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d7d4cc390c674935bbe1e64e3fc6a2dd2025-01-22T05:41:15ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932025-01-0171101479Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptomsNathan M. Petro0Giorgia Picci1Lauren K. Webert2Mikki Schantell3Jake J. Son4Thomas W. Ward5Kellen M. McDonald6Cooper L. Livermore7Abraham D. Killanin8Danielle L. Rice9Grace C. Ende10Anna T. Coutant11Erica L. Steiner12Tony W. Wilson13Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA; Corresponding author at: Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA.Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Center for Pediatric Brain Health, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USAAdolescence is a period of profound biopsychosocial development, with pubertally-driven neural reorganization as social demands increase in peer contexts. The explosive increase in social media access has fundamentally changed peer interactions among youth, creating an urgent need to understand its impact on neurobiological development and mental health. Extant literature indicates that using social media promotes social comparison and feedback seeking (SCFS) behaviors in youth, which portend increased risk for mental health disorders, but little is known about its impact on neurobiological development. We assessed social media behaviors, mental health symptoms, and spontaneous cortical activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in 80 typically developing youth (8–16 years) and tested how self-reported pubertal stage moderates their relationship. More mature adolescents who engaged in more SCFS showed weaker fusiform/parahippocampal alpha and medial prefrontal beta activity, and increased symptoms of anxiety and attention problems. Engaging in SCFS on social media during adolescence may thus relate to developmental differences in brain regions that undergo considerable development during puberty. These results are consistent with works indicating altered neurodevelopmental trajectories within association cortices surrounding the onset of many mental health disorders. Importantly, later pubertal stages may be most sensitive to the detrimental effects of social media use.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929324001403Resting stateMEGSocial mediaDevelopmentPubertyMental health |
| spellingShingle | Nathan M. Petro Giorgia Picci Lauren K. Webert Mikki Schantell Jake J. Son Thomas W. Ward Kellen M. McDonald Cooper L. Livermore Abraham D. Killanin Danielle L. Rice Grace C. Ende Anna T. Coutant Erica L. Steiner Tony W. Wilson Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Resting state MEG Social media Development Puberty Mental health |
| title | Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| title_full | Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| title_fullStr | Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| title_short | Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| title_sort | interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting state cortical activity and mental health symptoms |
| topic | Resting state MEG Social media Development Puberty Mental health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929324001403 |
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