Problematic Social Media Use Among Adolescents in the Background of Generative AI
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 593
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Social media plays an essential and indispensable role in the daily lives of contemporary adolescents. How social media influences adolescent development has become a subject of significant scholarly interest. To advance both theoretical and practical innovations in this field, we are launching a special issue on adolescent problematic social media use in the context of Generative AI, with a focus on the following themes:
- New manifestations and characteristics of adolescent problematic social media use in the era of generative AI;
- The conceptualization and potential diagnostic criteria for problematic social media use under generative AI;
- How risk and protective factors within the environment-gene interplay influence adolescents' social media use;
- Comorbid mechanisms between problematic social media use and other behavioral addictions;
- The underlying mechanisms and effects of problematic social media use in the generative AI context;
- Intervention models and innovations for problematic social media use;
- The efficacy and evaluation of interventions targeting problematic social media use;
- Norms, policies, and implementation strategies related to problematic social media use.
We warmly welcome submissions from scholars in psychology, journalism and communication, medicine, sociology, management science, education, law, and related disciplines to collectively advance research in this area.
Dr. Fanchang Kong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- generative AI
- problematic social media use
- adolescents
- measurement
- antecedents and mechanisms
- consequences
- treatment
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