Estimating bidirectional effects between social connectedness and mental health in adolescent students: addressing biases due to endogeneity

• Main Author: Sakellariou, Chris
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::General; Social Connectedness; Mental Health; Adolescent Students; Bidirectional Effects; Endogeneity Bias
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research on the bidirectional relationship between social connectedness and health/mental health in adolescents is scarce, with most studies on adults. Some of the existing studies exploited the availability of longitudinal data to provide evidence of the existence of a causal relationship, eithe...