Breaking the Scroll (BTS): A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health in the Context of a Developing Economy
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Keywords
Social Media; Mental Health; Randomized Controlled Trial; Digital Well-being; Behavioural Nudges;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2025-05-05 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2025-05-05 (Health Economics)
- NEP-NUD-2025-05-05 (Nudge and Boosting)
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