Question

teens are spending nearly 5 hours daily on social media. here are the mental outcomes.
forty-one percent of teens with the highest social media use rate their overall mental health as poor or very poor.
by the deseret news
41% - percentage of teens with the highest social media use who rate their overall mental health as poor or very poor, compared with 23% of those with the lowest use. for example, 10% of the highest use group expressed suicidal intent or self - harm in the past 12 months compared with 5% of the lowest use group, and 17% of the highest users expressed poor body image compared with 6% of the lowest users.
4.8 hours - average number of hours a day that u.s. teens spend using seven popular social media apps, with youtube, tiktok, and instagram accounting for 87% of their social media time. specifically, 37% of teens say they spend 5 or more hours a day, 14% spend 4 to less than 5 hours a day, 26% spend 2 to less than 4 hours a day, and 23% spend less than 2 hours a day on these three apps.
62% - percentage of the highest frequency social media users who report low parental monitoring and weak parental relationships who said they had poor or very poor mental health, compared with 25% of the highest frequency users who report high parental monitoring and strong parental relationships. similarly, 22% of the highest users with poor parental relationships and monitoring expressed thoughts of suicide or self - harm compared with 2% of high users with strong parental relationships and monitoring. strong parental relationships and monitoring significantly cut the risk of mental health problems among teen social media users, even among those with significant screen time stats.
sources
rothwell, j. (october 27, 2023). parenting mitigates across - media - linked mental health issues. gallup. survey conducted between june 26 - july 17, 2023, with responses by 8,643 parents living with children between ages 3 and 18, and 1,591 teens living with those parents.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/527456/parenting - mitigates - across - media - linked - mental - health - issues.aspx
rothwell, j. (2023). how parenting and self - control mediate the link between social media use and mental health.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126 - 023 - 10455 - 1
activity: as you read the article, find the main idea. use text evidence to support your answer. be prepared to discuss when we come back.
main/central idea
supporting detail 1 supporting detail 2 supporting detail 3
exit ticket

Explanation:

The article focuses on teen social media use and its mental health impacts, plus parental influence.

• Main/Central Idea: Teen social media use (nearly 5 hours daily) links to mental health issues, but strong parental monitoring/relationships reduce these risks.
• Supporting Detail 1: 41% of highest social media - using teens rate mental health as poor/very poor (vs 23% of lowest users); 10% of highest users had suicidal intent (vs 5% of lowest).
• Supporting Detail 2: U.S. teens spend an average of 4.8 hours daily on 7 social media apps, with YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram taking 87% of their social media time.
• Supporting Detail 3: 62% of highest - frequency social media users with low parental monitoring/weak relationships had poor mental health (vs 25% with high monitoring/strong relationships); 22% of high - use, poor - relationship teens had suicide/self - harm thoughts (vs 2% with strong relationships).

Answer:

Main/Central Idea	Supporting Detail 1	Supporting Detail 2	Supporting Detail 3