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. 2022 Aug 12;19(16):9960. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19169960

Table 9.

Social media and sex related problems.

Domains Reference Type of Publication Highlighted
Depression
Diet
Cyberbullying
Sleep
Sex related problems
Online grooming
Chassiakos Y.L.R. et al. [21] Review Risks of media device use include obesity, sleep, attention, and learning impairment, illicit substance use, high-risk sexual behaviors, depression, cyberbullying, and compromised privacy and confidentiality.
Depression
Cyberbullying
Sleep
Anxiety
Sex related problems
Behavioral problems
Sight
Maurer B.T. et al. [22]. Review An increase in digital and social media use relates to physical and mental status impairment in children, including depression, anxiety, cyberbullying, sleep disturbance, behavioral problems, sexting, and myopia.
Depression
Cyberbullying
Sleep
Sex related problems
Hadjipanayis A. et al. [26] Review Social media use facilitates socialization, communication, learning skills, and may positively affect education. Potential risks include cyberbullying, Facebook depression, sleep disturbances, and sexting.
Cyberbullying
Sex related problems
Body image
Shah J. et al. [50] Review Increased social media usage correlates with decreased self-esteem and body satisfaction, increment of cyberbullying, exposure to pornographic material, and risky sexual behaviors.
Cyberbullying
Addiction
Sex related problems
O’Keeffe G.S. et al. [51] Editorial Risks of social media overuse include sexting, cyberbullying, privacy issues, and Internet addiction, all of which may present with vague health symptoms.
Sex related problems Gazendam N. et al. [71] Clinical Study Sexual activity has been described in a sample of 7882 Canadian students. An increase of sexual activity has been observed in both girls and boys using media. A great social media use has been connected to the strongest association with early sexual activity for girls (RR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.01–1.47).
Sex related problems Wana G. et al. [72] Clinical Study Social media use has been described as a risk factor for sexual behavior. About 7% of adolescents use media to watch pornographic content.
Sex related problems
Body image
Physical activity
Sight
Headache
Solecki S. et al. [73] Clinical Study Addictive, smart phone activities of youth is directly affecting their perception of the body, also causing physical problems, eye diseases, headache, and exposure to unwanted sexual material online.
Sex related problems Collins R.L. et al. [74] Clinical Study Traditional media and social media use among adolescents are related to sexual activities and behavior. Video games contain sexual contents. New technologies facilitate pornography access among young.