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Effects of a 14-day social media abstinence on mental health and well-being: results from an experimental study
Background and aimThe study investigated the effects of a 14-day social media abstinence on various mental health factors using an experimental...
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Reduction in Social Media Usage Produces Improvements in Physical Health and Wellbeing: An RCT
Social media usage has increased over recent years and has been associated with negative effects on health and wellbeing. This study explored whether...
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Smartphone and Instagram use, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders: investigating the associations using self-report and tracked data
BackgroundPrevious research has linked smartphone and Instagram use to higher body dissatisfaction (BD) as well as eating disorder (ED)...
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Color me calm: Grayscale phone setting reduces anxiety and problematic smartphone use
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is a topic that is routinely examined in the empirical literature. Given an individual’s inability to control their...
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Anxiety, depression and distress outcomes from the Health4Life intervention for adolescent mental health: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Mental disorders are a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. As onset typically occurs in adolescence, prevention during this period is...
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Italian Children’s Accounts of the Lockdown: Insights and Perspectives
COVID-19 lockdown-imposed restrictions emerged as a risk to children’s well-being. However, the extant literature often ignored children’s...
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Bullying: issues and challenges in prevention and intervention
Bullying is a public health issue that persists and occurs across several contexts. In this narrative review, we highlight issues and challenges in...
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Suicide Risk in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Screen Time over 10 years
Suicide rates have increased over the past decade, and screen media (and social media in particular) are often blamed for this marked increase....
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Parent and Primary Care Provider Priorities for Wellness in Early Childhood: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Guidelines recommend that primary care clinicians address a broad range of wellness topics, but time constraints limit clinicians’ ability to address...
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Brief Report: A Pilot Study Examining the Effects of PEERS® for Adolescents Telehealth for Autistic Adolescents
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a worldwide transition to providing online services overnight, highlighting the urgent need for empirically supported...
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Associations between Parental Factors and Children’s Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea
This study investigated how parental depression, parental self-care, family conflict, and parental fear of COVID-19 are associated with children’s...
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Social networking and depressive symptom: Predictors of non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents
To understand how the use of social networking sites, depressive symptoms, and NSSI are related, we conducted cross-sectional predictive research...
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Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief, Low Intensity Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Living: The Lifestyle Triple P Seminar Series
Parents play a key role in establishing a healthy home environment. This randomised controlled trial examined the efficacy of a low-intensity...
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Examining the Authenticity of Autistic Portrayals in US Adult and Children’s Television Shows Using Medical and Social Models of Disability
Television programs have introduced viewers to characters on the autism spectrum (e.g., Sesame Street, The Good Doctor ), impacting audiences’...
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Explaining variation in adolescents’ social media-related distraction: The role of social connectivity and disconnectivity factors
Social media are often believed to distract adolescents’ attention. While existing research has shown that some adolescents experience more social...
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Learning loss and psychosocial issues among Thai students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: the perspectives of teachers in the online classroom
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a broad influence on health and society across the globe, especially on the education sector as its educators...
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Are Digital Health Interventions That Target Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Effective for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adolescents? A Systematic Review with Meta-analyses
Research has established associations between poor mental health and lifestyle risk behaviors among adolescents, yet gaps exist in understanding...
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A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Among Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic and Geographically Remote Backgrounds in Preventing Poor Diet, Alcohol Use, Tobacco Smoking and Vaping
Disadvantaged adolescents such as those of low socioeconomic and geographically remote backgrounds experience disproportionate chronic disease burden...
