2024

ADouble-Edged

Sword:

HowDiverseCommunitiesofYoung

PeopleThinkAbouttheMultifaceted

RelationshipBetweenSocialMedia

andMentalHealth

Credits

Acknowledgments:ThisprojectrepresentstheworkofmanypeoplefromHopelab,CommonSenseMedia,and

NORCattheUniversityofChicago.Below,wedetaileachpartoftheprojectandthecontributors.

SurveydevelopmentMikeParent,AmyGreen,andEmmaBruehlman-Senecal,withsupportfrom

anddesign:AmandaLenhartandfeedbackfromanumberofteenandyoungadultadvisors

Datacollection:NORCattheUniversityofChicago

DataanalysisandNORCattheUniversityofChicago,MikeParent,JaylaStokesberry,AmyGreen,and

interpretation:EmmaBruehlman-Senecal,withsupportfromAmandaLenhart,MaryMadden,Angela

Calvin,AlexaHasse,andmanyteensandyoungadults

Reportwriting:MaryMadden,AngelaCalvin,andAlexaHasse,withsupportfromAmandaLenhart

andtheHopelabteam

Copyeditors:ChristopherDareandJenniferRobb

Designers:ChrisArthandEmelyGarcia

Communications:MarisaNaughton,NataliaGarcia,ChristianMedinaBeltz,JuanMartinez,

RobinRaskob,andPhuongPham

Thereportauthorsandprojectteamwouldliketoexpresstheirgratitudetoalltheyoungpeoplewhosharedtheir

time,expertise,andlivedexperiencestohelpshapethedesignofthestudy,whogavetheirtimetotakethesurvey,

andwhocontributedtotheinterpretationandpresentationofthefindings.

WewouldalsoliketothankSusannahFoxandVickyRideout,whodesignedthetwopreviousstudiesandauthored

thereports,andVickyforreviewingthisreport.

Youcanreadthepreviousreportshere:

DigitalHealthPractices,SocialMediaUse,andMental