KENNESAW, Ga., Sept. 3 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release:
Through KSU's First-Year Scholars Program, Chance Lundy, a Keeping Sights Upward Journey Honors College student, studied the relationship between frequent social media use and suicidal
ideation among adolescents. The research comes at a particularly important time as
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, bringing renewed attention to youth
mental health.
"I have seen secondhand some of the effects that it can have," said Lundy, an aspiring nurse. "We can come up with our own theories and hypotheses, but I wanted to take a deeper dive and look into the actual statistics."
Working with Assistant Professor of Nursing Ashley Barber, Lundy analyze...