Associations between social media and crystallized and fluid performance trajectories in early adolescence
Cory Carvalho, Niyantri Ravindran
Journal of Research on Adolescence12/1/2025·DOI·Read paper
Abstract
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Longitudinal evidence on social media use and cognitive abilities trajectory coupling across early adolescence is sparse. In this study, data from the ABCD Study (Baseline
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~ 12,000; M
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= 9.9; White = 52.0%, Hispanic = 20.3%, Black = 15.0%, Asian = 2.1%, Other = 10.5%; Female = 47.8%) were used to examine whether growth processes in social media use and cognitive performances (i.e., crystallized abilities, inhibitory control/attention, and processing speed) were associated over 4 years in early adolescence. Parallel process latent growth curve models revealed that the trajectory of social media use was negatively coupled with crystallized and inhibitory control/attention performance trajectories, indicating potential trade‐offs. Conversely, the trajectories of social media and processing speed were positively coupled, possibly due to practice‐based transfer.
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