Michael Erhart

Problematic social media use among young people in Germany: frequency and associated psychosocial and behavioral factors – results from the COPSY study

Abstract Problematic social media use (PSMU) among young people has become an increasing public health concern. This study examined the frequency of at-risk and pathological social media use and factors associated with PSMU using data from T1 (wave 7; 2024) and T2 (wave 8; 2025)...