UK study finds teen screen time isn’t fueling mental health problems
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A large UK study of 25,000 11–14-year-olds finds no evidence that more time spent on social media or gaming predicts later anxiety or depression, and different ways of using social media (posting, chatting, scrolling) did not drive mental health difficulties; experts caution that harmful online content matters, but screen time alone isn’t the main culprit.
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