Association between psychosocial well-being and problematic social media use among Finnish young adults: A cross-sectional study

•The frequency rate of problematic social media use (BSMAS; > 19 cut-off) in a sample of young adults in Finland was 9.8 %.•Problematic social media use was associated with youth, being female, and depression symptoms.•Social networking sites cause more problematic social media use than other social media platforms.•Almost 70 % of the respondents perceived themselves to have a problem with social media use.