Is it those damn phones? Internet “Addiction” & Clinical Pearls

Today, Margaret and Preston return to the topic of internet and screen use, assisted by the framework by the AAP of the “Five C’s of Media Use”. They compare different ages and best practices for screen use, then take it all the way to recommendations for adults! Resources referenced below, plus some additional ones from Margaret.

Five C’s of Media Use: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/center-of-excellence-on-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/5-cs-quick-guide/

Toddlers 5Cs: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/CoE_5Cs_Toddlers_Final.pdf

Young Teens 5Cs: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/CoE_5Cs_Young_Teens_Final.pdf

Older teens 5Cs: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/CoE_5Cs_Older_Teens_Final.pdf

Internet Addiction: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3480687/pdf/CPSR-8-292.pdf

PMID scale:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4035908/

Social comparison and problematic social media use: Relationships between five different social media platforms and three different social comparison constructs: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886922003701

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