{"id":11153,"date":"2024-11-18T20:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2024-11-18T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:37:11","slug":"study-links-social-media-use-to-early-substance-experimentation-in-preteens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/study-links-social-media-use-to-early-substance-experimentation-in-preteens\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Links Social Media Use to Early Substance Experimentation in Preteens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A new study reveals that excessive social media use by 11- to 12-year-olds is linked to early 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online social connections may be driving the relationship between screen time and early adolescent substance use,\u201d first author Jason M. Nagata, an associate professor of pediatrics at UCSF, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1065105\" title=\"\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen preteens are constantly exposed to friends or influencers drinking or smoking on social media, they are more likely to see these behaviors as normal and may be more likely to try these substances themselves.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media platforms often showcase substance use in a glamorized manner, which could have a profound impact on impressionable young minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study, which utilized data from the extensive Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, involved 8,006 preteens aged 11-12. 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