Social networking site use in young adolescents: Association with health-related quality of life and behavioural difficulties

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Highlights：

• Two-thirds of 11–12 year olds in our sample used Social Networking Sites (SNS).

• High SNS use was associated with lower Health-Related Quality of Life in females.

• High SNS use was associated with increased behavioural difficulties in both genders.

• Similar associations were seen for SNS use if awake at night.

摘要

•Two-thirds of 11–12 year olds in our sample used Social Networking Sites (SNS).•High SNS use was associated with lower Health-Related Quality of Life in females.•High SNS use was associated with increased behavioural difficulties in both genders.•Similar associations were seen for SNS use if awake at night.

论文关键词：Social networking sites,Adolescents,Behaviour,Wellbeing,Mobile phones

论文评审过程：Received 12 October 2019, Revised 24 January 2020, Accepted 29 February 2020, Available online 12 March 2020, Version of Record 20 March 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320