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)
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)
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)
Associations between pet care responsibility, companion animal interactions, and family relationships during COVID-19 (2022)
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)
Social Media Friends From Afterschool are Associated With Positive Youth Development in Digital Settings (2022)
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)
Associations of Early Social Media Initiation on Digital Behaviors and the Moderating Role of Limiting Use (2021)
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)
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)
Same-Sex Attraction Disclosure and Sexual Communication Topics within Families (2020)
Infographic: Gender Differences in Civic Engagement (2020)
Publications by title / Fact Sheets & Briefs
The Role of Pet Companionship in Online and Offline Social Interactions in Adolescence (2020)
Social and Behavioral Health Factors Associated with Violent and Mature Gaming in Early Adolescence (2020)
Infographic: Social Media Literacy (2020)
Adolescent Mental Health Challenges in the Digital World (2020)
Publications / Publications by title
Infographic: Who Are Middle Schoolers Following on Instagram? (2020)
A Larger Ecology of Family Sexuality Communication: Extended Family Perspectives on Relationships, Sexual Orientation, and Positive Aspects of Sex (2020)
Infographic: YouTube Turns 15 (2020)
Adolescent and Emerging Adult Development in an Age of Social Media (2020)
Youth perspectives on sexuality communication with parents and extended family (2018)
Asian American social media use: From cyber dependence to cyber harassment to saving face (2018)
Positive and Negative Associations Between Adolescent Mental Health and Technology (2018)
Escaping from Worries or Facing Reality: A Survey Study of Adolecent Attitudes about Sexist and Homophobic Stereotypes in Mainstream U.S. Media (2018)
Results from the APT Validation Study III: Reducing cultural biases in youth program observations (2018)
Escaping from Worries or Facing Reality: A Survey Study of Adolescent Attitudes about Sexist and Homophobic Stereotypes in Mainstream US Media (2017)
Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism (2017)
Measuring Program Quality: Evidence of the scientific validity of the Assessment of Program Practices Tool (APT) (2016)
Using Technology to Improve the Health of Underserved Populations (2015)
Publications / Publications by author
Women of Color Cultivating Virtual Social Capital: Surviving and Thriving (2015)
Media And Identity Study Findings (2014)
Media And Identity Study: Cyber Harassment Findings (2014)
Protective Effects of Middle School Comprehensive Sex Education With Family Involvement (2014)
Be Careful Who You Friend: Early Adolescents' Reports of Safety, Privacy, and Family Monitoring of Facebook Use (2014)
How Have Researchers Studied Multiracial Populations? A Content and Methodological Review of 20 Years of Research (2014)
Congregating to create for social change: Urban youth media production and sense of community (2013)
Page 1 of 2
