Correction of Effect Size in Meta-Analysis of Social Media Impact on Adolescent Mental Health September 1, 2026 Jama Pediatrics Share Summary Takeaways Listen Insight Report Clinical Scorecard Quiz Poll Topic Commentary 1 An error was identified in the effect size from a study in the meta-analysis on social media and adolescent mental health. 2 The error involved the correlation between Snapchat time and depression in the clinical subsample. 3 Correcting the error resulted in minor changes to reported decimal values but did not alter the overall conclusions. 4 Influence diagnostics revealed an additional outlier in the overall meta-analysis after the correction. 5 The main findings remained consistent even after the identified outlier was removed.
