Addictive screen use trajectories and suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation, and mental health in US youths

JAMA

2025-06-18

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This study identified distinct trajectories of addictive use of social media, mobile phones, and video games from childhood to early adolescence and found links to suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation, and worse mental health outcomes. High or increasing addictive use trajectories were common. Addictive screen use trajectories warrant further study regarding potential use for clinical evaluation of risk and for the design and testing of interventions to improve youth mental health.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Yunyu Xiao, PhD, email yux4008@med.cornell.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.7829)

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