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II Literature Review
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What goes here?

Summarize existing research. Show what scholars have found and identify gaps. Target: ~500 words.

Target: 500 words

Social media is something that many teenagers use today. Social media is used for many purposes. Social media can be good or bad for mental health.

One reason social media affects mental health is comparison. Another reason is cyberbullying. A third reason is sleep deprivation.

There are things that could be done to help teenagers. Programs could be started in schools. When you think about it, there are many ways to address this.

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III Methods
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II Literature Review
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What goes here?

Summarize existing research. Show what scholars have found and identify gaps. Target: ~500 words.

Target: 500 words

The relationship between social media and adolescent mental health has sparked significant academic debate over the past decade. Twenge et al. (2018) analyzed data from over 500,000 adolescents, finding that teens spending five or more hours daily on devices were 66% more likely to exhibit suicide risk factors.

However, Orben and Przybylski challenged these conclusions, demonstrating that the reported effect sizes were minimal—comparable to correlations between potato consumption and depression (Orben & Przybylski, 2019). Their reanalysis found technology use explained less than 1% of wellbeing variation.

This methodological disagreement highlights a critical gap: researchers have yet to establish whether observed correlations reflect causation, reverse causation, or confounding variables. My study addresses this gap by examining...

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