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The HBSC 2022 survey found that 1 in 5 fifteen-year-old girls has problematic social media use.

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Confirmed by ISS official source and press release plus several Italian outlets, but all trace back to the single HBSC-Italia 2022 survey rather than independent measurements. Distinct from the broader international HBSC/WHO figures. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.525 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on HBSC-Italia 2022 national survey using the Social Media Disorder Scale (upstreams: HBSC-Italia 2022 (Sistema di Sorveglianza HBSC Italia, coordinated by Istituto Superiore di Sanità with Universities of Turin, Padova, Siena)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]

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