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COVID-19 pandemic: Electronic media use and health among U.S. College students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2155463 Wright, R. R., Schaeffer, C., Mullins, R., Evans, A., & Cast, L. (2020). Comparison of student health and well-being profiles and social media use. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 25(1), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN25.1.14 Author Note Madison Linden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-1888 Abbey Sears https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2407-8569 Michelle Singer Foust https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-519X Data files for this study have been registered at https://osf.io/ cfky9/. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Madison Linden and Abbey Sears contributed equally on this project. We would like to thank Madison Calvert and Sadie Elsten for the contributions to the formation of our survey and their assistance with data collection for this project.
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