Risk Factors for Excessive Social Media Use Differ from Those of Gambling and Gaming in Finnish Youth.
Kalle LindTerhi MustonenKrista HylkiläNiko MännikköMaria KääriäinenKirsimarja RaitasaloPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
Adolescent girls are at greater risk of excessive social media use than boys, while boys are at greater risk of excessive gaming and gambling. The associations with known risk factors are somewhat different for excessive use of social media as compared to excessive gambling and gaming and should be acknowledged when developing preventive measures for adolescents.