"Much has been written about the relationship between social media use and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It requires no citations to state that social media use has increased over the last 20 years, as have diagnoses of ADHD. The question is whether there is any kind of meaningful relationship between the two. Correlations between events can sometimes mean nothing other than both events are related to something else, but not to each other."
"Whether this relationship is interesting depends entirely on your fascination with the weather. Recent considerations suggest that the relationship between social media use and ADHD may be like that between ice cream and damaged skin, but the third factor underlying this relationship is potentially less benign than sunshine, as it reveals something rather nasty about today's society - a lot of bad things happen to children."
Social media use and ADHD diagnoses have both increased over the last 20 years. Correlations between social media use and ADHD may reflect a shared third factor rather than a direct causal influence in either direction. Recent considerations compare the association to coincident trends like ice cream and skin damage, suggesting an underlying societal problem affecting children. Several reviews report a small but statistically reliable association or links with ADHD-related behaviors that might reflect other causes. Much of the research is cross-sectional, preventing determination of causal direction between social media use and ADHD symptoms.
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