ABC News: LGBTQ+ community facing increased social media bias, author says
Recent Coverage / 2022
Associations between pet care responsibility, companion animal interactions, and family relationships during COVID-19 (2022)
Publications / Journal Publications
Associations of Early Social Media Initiation on Digital Behaviors and the Moderating Role of Limiting Use (2021)
Brasil de Fato: Como as redes sociais podem fomentar o extremismo em jovens?
Channel Q: The Safe Spaces On Social Media for LGBTQ+ Youth
Recent Coverage / 2021
Companion Animal Relationships and Adolescent Loneliness during COVID-19 (2021)
Discover Magazine: Social Media May Be Changing The Way You Communicate
Diverse Data Samples Drive Social Change
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2021
Examining Early Adolescent Positive and Negative Social Technology Behaviors and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Exploring Adolescent Social Media Use
Media Library / Videos by WCW Scholars and Trainers
Fast Company: How young is too young for social media? Behavioral scientists are closer to an answer
Findings from the Social Media Use, Health, and Parental Monitoring Study
Innovating Novel Online Social Spaces with Diverse Middle School Girls: Ideation and Collaboration in a Synchronous Virtual Design Workshop (2022)
Joining Social Media Before Age 11 Is Associated With Problematic Digital Behaviors
For the media / 2021
Marginalized and Understudied Populations Using Digital Media (2022)
Meta: How Meta Is Working to Provide Safe, Age-Appropriate Experiences for Teens
Recent Coverage / 2023
Middle Schoolers Learn About STEM and Digital Wellbeing During Annual Summer Workshop
New Research on the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTQ+ Teens
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2021
NIH Awards Wellesley Centers for Women Funding to Promote Undergraduate Research
For the media / Earlier
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)
Quantity, content, and context of social media use may affect adolescents’ sleep
For the media / 2020
Research Scientist Submits Testimony to Congress on Youth, Social Media, and Mental Health
For the media / 2023
Scary Mommy: How Young Is Too Young For Social Media?
ScreenStrong Families: How YouTube Impacts Middle School Development
Social and Behavioral Health Factors Associated with Violent and Mature Gaming in Early Adolescence (2020)
Social Media Friends From Afterschool are Associated With Positive Youth Development in Digital Settings (2022)
The Academic Minute: For LGBTQ Youth, Social Media Can Have Unexpected Benefits
The Charlatan: Online anonymity: The internet as a safe space for LGBT+ youth
The Conversation: Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking
The New York Times: Worried About Your Teen on Social Media? Here’s How to Help.
The role of parents, other adults, peers and informal learning communities in shaping positive social media use in adolescent girls (2022)
The Social Complex: How Digital Media is Affecting Teens & Tweens
WCW Hosts Workshop for Middle Schoolers on STEM, Digital Wellbeing, and Identity
WCW Partners with Local Middle School to Promote Healthy Social Media Use
For the media / 2019
When Social Distancing Collides with Social Media
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2020
Young Sexual Minority Adolescent Experiences of Self-expression and Isolation on Social Media: Cross-sectional Survey Study (2021)
