The Relationship between Mental Health, Technology, and Stress among Youth

Abstract

The dynamism and boom of digital technology have significantly transformed the social and psychological life of youth and have brought serious questions concerning the role of digital technology and its impact on the mental health and stress. In this paper, it is explained why technology use and mental health are in a correlation as stress among the youth. Despite the opportunity of communication, learning, and access to mental health, overuse, and misuse of online platforms have been related to high-levels of anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. Some of the primary causative factors are social comparison, cyberbullying, fear of missing out (FOMO) and sleep disorders due to too much screen time. In the meantime, technology can also be one of the ways of realizing mental health help, which may be online counseling, peer networks, awareness campaigns. The proposed research would utilize a wide perspective which would help explore both the adverse and favorable aspects of the use of technology and its role in stress and mental health behaviors. The findings highlight the necessity of a balanced digital communication and establishment of effective interventions to mitigate the risk and enhance the benefits of technologies. This complex connection is to be interpreted in a bid to prolong mental health among youths in the era of the internet.