▁three ▁times ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁de pression ▁and ▁anx iety ▁than ▁people ▁who ▁used ▁the ▁few est ▁( 0 ▁to ▁ 2 ). ▁Social ▁media ▁add iction ▁and ▁its ▁sub - dim ensions ▁have ▁a ▁high ▁positive ▁correlation . ▁The ▁more ▁the ▁participants ▁are ▁add icted ▁to ▁social ▁media , ▁the ▁less ▁satisfied ▁they ▁are ▁with ▁life . ▁Some ▁parents ▁restrict ▁their ▁children ' s ▁access ▁to ▁social ▁media ▁for ▁these ▁reasons . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁ways ▁to ▁combat ▁the ▁negative ▁effects ▁of ▁social ▁media , ▁one ▁being ▁increasing ▁the ▁education ▁teachers ▁and ▁parents ▁of ▁the ▁real ▁har ms ▁of ▁social ▁media , ▁as ▁most ▁grew ▁up ▁without ▁the ▁access ▁to ▁social ▁media ▁that ▁ad oles c ents ▁have ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁S leep ▁dist urban ces ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁study ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁by ▁research ers ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Pitts burgh , ▁the ▁link ▁between ▁sleep ▁disturb ance ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁was ▁clear . ▁It ▁concluded ▁that ▁blue ▁light ▁had ▁a ▁part ▁to ▁play — and ▁how ▁often ▁they ▁logged ▁on , ▁rather ▁than ▁time ▁spent ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁sites , ▁was ▁a ▁higher ▁predict or ▁of ▁dist urbed ▁sleep , ▁suggesting ▁" an ▁obs ess ive ▁' check ing ' ". ▁The ▁strong ▁relationship ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁use ▁and ▁sleep ▁disturb ance ▁has ▁significant ▁clin ical ▁ram ifications ▁for ▁a ▁young ▁adult s ▁health ▁and ▁well - be ing . ▁In ▁a ▁recent ▁study , ▁we ▁have ▁learned