The research has been revealed by the European arm of the World Well being Organisation (WHO).
Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, stated the findings made clear social media might have each optimistic and detrimental penalties for younger folks.
He stated there wanted to be extra “digital literacy training” to assist younger folks develop a wholesome method to being on-line, and governments, well being authorities, lecturers and oldsters all needed to play their half.
“It is clear we’d like rapid and sustained motion to assist adolescents flip the tide on probably damaging social media use, which has been proven to result in despair, bullying, nervousness, and poor tutorial efficiency,” he stated.
Ben Carter, Professor of Medical Statistics on the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, described the report as a “helpful snapshot of the proof”.
However he identified it was tough to agree on a definition of what “problematic social media” was, making gathering information on it difficult.
Nonetheless, he stated the research was a “legitimate contribution to the proof base”.