Review of Current Trends in LGBTQ + Youth and Social Media: Implications for Mental Health, Identity Development, and Civic Engagement (2025)
Publications / Journal Publications
Youth Co-designing More Positive Digital Ecosystems: An Action Research Journey via a Youth Advisory Board (2024)
Learn more about where our research initiatives started, and where they are today
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
Understanding Adolescent Self-esteem and Self-image Through Social Media Behaviors (2024)
Association Between Social Media Use and Substance Use Among Middle and High School-Aged Youth (2024)
Sexual Minorities and Loneliness: Exploring Sexuality through Social Media and Gender–Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Supports (2024)
Parental Monitoring of Early Adolescent Social Technology Use in the U.S.: A Mixed-Method Study (2024)
Transforming Research into Action to Protect Teens on Social Media
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2023
Longitudinal associations between pet relationship quality and socio-emotional functioning in early adolescence (2023)
Conceptualizing the role of racial–ethnic identity in U.S. adolescent social technology use and well-being (2023)
The Contribution of Digital Ecosystems to Adolescent Well-Being (2023)
Longitudinal assessment of specificity in adolescent-dog relationships and adaptive coping for youth with social anxiety
All Projects / Active Projects
Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
For the media / 2023
Social Media and Mental Health: Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing
Media Library / Videos by WCW Scholars and Trainers
Advancing Gender Equality Around the World: Four Innovative, Technology-Driven Approaches
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
2022 Meta Summit on Youth Safety and Well-Being
Research Scientist Collaborates with Instagram to Promote Supportive Spaces Online
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2022
Associations between pet care responsibility, companion animal interactions, and family relationships during COVID-19 (2022)
New Field Study Will Examine Racial and Gender Representation in Resident Theater Leadership
For the media / 2022
Annual Summer Workshop Teaches Middle School Girls About Digital Wellbeing
The role of parents, other adults, peers and informal learning communities in shaping positive social media use in adolescent girls (2022)
Marginalized and Understudied Populations Using Digital Media (2022)
The LORT Report: Examining racial and gender representation in resident theater leadership
Summer School: Gender Equity in Education
Social Media Friends From Afterschool are Associated With Positive Youth Development in Digital Settings (2022)
Discrimination and racial socialization on Asian American parent and youth mental health
New Study Will Investigate How Discrimination Affects the Mental Health of Asian American Adolescents
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2022
Adolescent Media Project (AMP)
Study Examines Parents' Perspectives on the Benefits and Challenges of Adolescent Pet Companionship
From Regulating Emotions to Less Lonely Screen Time: Parents’ Qualitative Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Adolescent Pet Companionship (2022)
Innovating Novel Online Social Spaces with Diverse Middle School Girls: Ideation and Collaboration in a Synchronous Virtual Design Workshop (2022)
Examining Early Adolescent Positive and Negative Social Technology Behaviors and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Diverse Data Samples Drive Social Change
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2021
Digital Wellbeing in Middle Schools
Joining Social Media Before Age 11 Is Associated With Problematic Digital Behaviors
For the media / 2021
Associations of Early Social Media Initiation on Digital Behaviors and the Moderating Role of Limiting Use (2021)
Middle Schoolers Learn About STEM and Digital Wellbeing During Annual Summer Workshop
Young Sexual Minority Adolescent Experiences of Self-expression and Isolation on Social Media: Cross-sectional Survey Study (2021)
Psychosocial Correlates of Posttraumatic Growth Among U.S. Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
Disconnecting and Reconnecting: A Photovoice Workshop on Healthy Social Media Use (2021)
New Research on the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTQ+ Teens
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2021
Prototyping for Social Wellbeing with Early Social Media Users: Video Abstract
Social Media Related Body Dissatisfaction: Video Abstract
New Research Looks at How Social Media Affects Adolescents' Body Image
Companion Animal Relationships and Adolescent Loneliness during COVID-19 (2021)
Early Adolescent Social Media-Related Body Dissatisfaction: Associations with Depressive Symptoms, Social Anxiety, Peers, and Celebrities (2021)
Prototyping for Social Wellbeing with Early Social Media Users: Belonging, Experimentation, and Self-Care (2021)
Quantity, Content, and Context Matter: Associations Among Social Technology Use and Sleep Habits in Early Adolescents (2020)
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