Shared Experiences
How Social Media Affects the Well-Being and Empowerment of Girls and Young Women
CSRC Research on California's Youth and Young Adults
May 2023
Social media plays a vital role in the lives of many young people, influencing how they connect to their peers and the broader society. This report focuses primarily on social media because it is more strongly associated with negative mental health outcomes than other forms of screen time, including TV, movies, and video games.
This report is co-published by the California Partners Project and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
This research was supported by the Latina Futures 2050 Lab and the California Partners Project.
