Date Approved
8-4-2025
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-School Counseling (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
Education Leadership & Counseling
First Advisor
Karyn Rabourn
Academic Year
2024/2025
Abstract
Studies suggest that social media can have a negative impact on the social and emotional development of adolescents when overused or abused. This paper examines the benefits of social media and several of the adverse effects of problematic social media use. A few of the adverse effects can carry over into the school setting, resulting in students missing valuable instruction time and not being fully engaged in the learning environment. This project proposal is intended to educate parents and school employees about hazards of problematic social media use and the tools that are readily available to monitor the content that students are exposed to, resulting in a more positive impact in social and emotional development of adolescents.
ScholarWorks Citation
Nash, Laura, "The Impact of Cell Phones and Social Media on Social and Emotional Development of High School Students" (2025). Culminating Experience Projects. 625.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/625
