An analysis of data from a longitudinal study of child development in Canada showed that girls who spent more hours on the internet at 13 years of age tended to have higher depressive symptoms at age 15. In the same way, girls’ internet usage at age 15 was associated with more depressive symptoms at 17. These associations were absent in boys. The study was published in Psychological Medicine. ...
      • SuddenDownpourEnglish
        222·
        1 year ago

        Amazing how Lemmy users are just at bad as Redditors when it comes to jumping to conclusions from the header, rather than actually giving a look into the article.

        About half of the participants were girls (…) The results showed that girls reported substantially higher depression scores than boys at all ages. They also reported more hours of internet use per week than boys at age 15. Average Internet use times of girls and boys were similar at 13 and 17 years of age.

        • AlDenteEnglish
          152·
          1 year ago

          So it sounds like this is based on user reported data. Aren’t boys much less likely to report depression symptoms regardless of whether they exist?

          • SuddenDownpourEnglish
            14·
            1 year ago

            That’s a possibility they hint at at the end of the article.

        • yata
          31·
          1 year ago

          Only if you have incel levels of reading comprehension skills.

    • brlemworld@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year ago

      The scientist who conducted the study is definitely not on a list and can go near elementary schools.