Increased social media use also predicts lower life satisfaction at age 19 years. But, for both, social media use at the age of 19 years was again associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. Yet, even after years of research, there is still considerable uncertainty about how social media relates to wellbeing. The team looked for a connection between estimated social media use and reported life satisfaction and found key periods of adolescence where social media use was associated with a subsequent decrease in life satisfaction. The researchers also found teens who have lower than average life satisfaction later use more social media.
