Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., co-authored this "Health advisory on social media use in adolescence", released by the American Psychological Association. The advisory examines potential beneficial and harmful effects of social media use on adolescents’ social, educational, psychological, and neurological development, and provides recommendations based on the scientific evidence to date.
News
- Research Scientist Submits Testimony to Congress on Youth, Social Media, and Mental Health
- Research Scientist Teaches Wellesley Students How to Write for the Real World
- Research Scientist Collaborates with Instagram to Promote Supportive Spaces Online
Recent Coverage
- The New York Times: America Is Averting Its Eyes From Something Very, Very Wrong
- Los Angeles Times: Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say
- PBS: Student Mental Health Matters | A Toolkit for Educators
Video
- Social Media and Mental Health: Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing
- Advancing Gender Equality Around the World: Four Innovative, Technology-Driven Approaches
- 2022 Meta Summit on Youth Safety and Well-Being
Blog
- Social Media has Changed the Way Teens Interact. Is That a Bad Thing?
- No, You Probably Don’t Have ADHD: Why Social Media is Not a Place to Self-Diagnose
- Helping Middle School Girls Create Their Own Digital Spaces
Publications
- Association Between Social Media Use and Substance Use Among Middle and High School-Aged Youth
- Sexual Minorities and Loneliness: Exploring Sexuality through Social Media and Gender–Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Supports
- Parental Monitoring of Early Adolescent Social Technology Use in the U.S.: A Mixed-Method Study
