Quiz R4 — IELTS Reading: T/F/NG — Social Media and Teen Well-Being
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IELTS Reading — True/False/Not Given
Passage: Social Media and Teen Well-Being
A
Researchers note that social media is not a single experience but many activities:
chatting with friends, watching short videos, sharing art, or following public figures. Because
these activities vary, their effects on teens are not uniform. A teen who mainly messages
close friends may report better connectedness than one who endlessly compares their life with
influencers.
B
Large surveys typically find a small correlation between heavy social media use and lower
self-reported well-being. However, the correlation is inconsistent across studies and does not
by itself prove that social media causes the drop; it could also be that teens who already feel
low spend more time online.
C
Experimental studies that ask participants to limit certain platforms for a week sometimes
detect modest improvements in mood and sleep. Yet compliance is difficult to measure, and the
benefits appear to fade when normal habits return. Many psychologists therefore recommend
focusing on how teens use social media rather than enforcing a blanket ban.
D
Schools and families increasingly teach “digital hygiene”: muting toxic accounts, curating
positive feeds, keeping devices out of bedrooms at night, and scheduling time away from
screens. Early evidence suggests that these habits—not the total number of minutes—are most
strongly associated with better sleep and steadier mood.
Questions 1–10
1) All forms of social media affect teenagers in the same way.
2) Feeling worse can lead some teens to spend more time online.
3) Surveys conclusively prove that social media causes poor well-being.
4) Cutting back on platforms for a short time has shown small benefits in some trials.
5) Psychologists widely agree that total minutes online is the main problem.
6) It is difficult to know whether participants really reduce their usage in experiments.
7) Teaching “digital hygiene” is becoming more common at schools.
8) Keeping phones in bedrooms improves sleep.
9) The passage suggests that curating positive feeds may help mood.
10) Following public figures is always harmful to teens.
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