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That sounds odd considering pretty clear statistics correlating teen girls suicide rates with the rise of Instagram. Can someone who understands the subject matter more than I do comment on this further?

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Someone commented above, but Jonathan Haidt "the anxious generation" is a place to start for a deeper analysis on the issue. Here is part 1 of a 3 part series of posts of his. I can't speak to the correlations and study directly, but Haidt's work is probably what you're looking for. https://www.afterbabel.com/p/the-case-for-causality-part-1 (the commenter elsewhere linked part 3 which I believe directly refutes this meta analysis)

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

I have seen statistics but none that have clearly shown a link which is why the possible link is in dispute.

I mean, I think it also correlates with poor environmental and financial outlook on the future, more pressure to perform well in activities or academically, stricter rules around going outside and doing things on your own or friends without scrutiny, among other things.

Yes but then why would it impact girls far more than boys?

Different coping mechanism, boys will more often look for external causes.

Doesn't answer OP's question, but males and females have different behavior around suicide in general (in aggregate obviously).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicid...

Females are far more likely than males to attempt suicide, and males are far more likely than females to die by suicide (be successful in their attempt).

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