Fantastic and blistering comment about the need for transparency in industry-academic collaborations. From @georgiaturner.bsky.social, Ian Anderson, and Luisa Fassi www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies | PNAS

We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies

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In this CAMH journal #OpenAccess Debate paper, Katrina E. Champion et al. examine Australia's landmark decision to ban social media access for children under the age of 16, set to take effect in Dec 2025, & discuss empowering parents and schools. https://bit.ly/4pRVW51

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library

In this article, we examine Australia's landmark decision to ban social media access for children under the age of 16, set to take effect in December 2025. While the legislation aims to protect young...

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Very excited to share this piece, co-authored with stellar @georgiaturner.bsky.social and @aanixel.bsky.social, and long in the making. We hope this work encourages deeper discussion of the need to consider transparency and rigour in collaborations between social media companies and academics.

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In the 2020 Election Project, Meta collaborated w/ academics to study how FB impacts elections. ⬇️ @aanixel.bsky.social, @fassiluisa.bsky.social & I argue that such research collaborations, w/ clear conflicts of interest, should be regulated. Would love to hear thoughts!💬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Many congratulations @fassiluisa.bsky.social - it has been so great to watch you fly

Amy Orben@orbenamy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🥂 Congratulations @fassiluisa.bsky.social for passing her viva! Luisa has been a hugely respected and influential team member. Her dedication to rigorous and careful research has been evident throughout the four years I have had the privilege of supervising her with @tamsinford.bsky.social.

🥂 Congratulations @fassiluisa.bsky.social for passing her viva! Luisa has been a hugely respected and influential team member. Her dedication to rigorous and careful research has been evident throughout the four years I have had the privilege of supervising her with @tamsinford.bsky.social.

Looking forward to @fassiluisa.bsky.social‘s talk at our department next week :)

Very exciting to present our latest findings on social media use and youth mental health at @ecnp.eu in Amsterdam!

ECNP@ecnp.eu · 10mo ago

📚 An insightful Educational Update Session at #ECNP2025 on how digital media shapes youth mental health. 🌐🧠 #psychiatry #neuroscience @fassiluisa.bsky.social @giselasugranyes.bsky.social

📚 An insightful Educational Update Session at #ECNP2025 on how digital media shapes youth mental health. 🌐🧠 #psychiatry #neuroscience @fassiluisa.bsky.social @giselasugranyes.bsky.social

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

I am honoured to have been selected as Researcher of the Month by Tooled Up Education! ⬇️ You can find the podcast interview where I discuss my latest research here: open.spotify.com/episode/7God... And the article with a summary here: www.tooledupeducation.com/research/do-...

Researcher of the Month: Luisa Fassi Discusses Researcher of the Month: Luisa Fassi Discusses Social Media Use in Teens With and Without Mental Health Conditions

Dr Kathy Weston's Get a Grip! Parenting Podcast · Episode

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Absolutely thrilled to have been awarded an 8-year Wellcome Career Development Award to investigate how loneliness affects young people's brains and minds!! Grateful for the support and excited for the road ahead! @wellcometrust.bsky.social www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

The impacts of loneliness in young people

£1.5 million investment into the impacts of loneliness on the brains of young people.

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Very excited for this preprint to be out, led by the stellar @tommetherell.com ⬇️ Leveraging data linkage of secondary care records, we examine the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses.

Tom Metherell@tommetherell.com · last yr.

We have a ✨NEW PREPRINT✨! Using data from the @clscohorts.bsky.social Millennium Cohort Study and linked healthcare records, we tested the association between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in young people in England. This is still a work in progress - feedback welcome!

Wrapping up #ica25 with @rzhprfshr.bsky.social presenting our work with @joebayer.bsky.social reviewing the research under the broad umbrella of “social connection”. And perfect timing because the paper was published TODAY at @natrevpsychol.nature.com 🥳 rdcu.be/erayE

Very excited and grateful to receive the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award for my PhD thesis! A special thanks to the Institute, the organisers and my wonderful PhD supervisors @orbenamy.bsky.social & @tamsinford.bsky.social. More info: psychoftech.substack.com/p/congratula...

Nate Fast@natefast.bsky.social · last yr.

We're excited to announce the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award winners! Please join us in congratulating them!

Ecological momentary assessment data are everywhere these days. In psychology, dynamic structural equation models (DSEMs) are particularly attractive for analyzing such data. In this paper Ethan McCormick and I show how you can easily incorporate nonlinear trends and cycles using splines.

New Perspective out in @nathumbehav.nature.com today with co-author @orbenamy.bsky.social! We propose a new framework for designing 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that support well-being, grounded in self-determination theory 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media interventions to improve well-being - Nature Human Behaviour

In this Perspective, the authors review current interventions on social media use among adolescents and propose a new theoretical model based on self-determination theory to guide the effective design...

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What's the relationship between social media use and mental health problems in adolescents? A Registered Report by @fassiluisa.bsky.social et al examined this question using a nationally representative UK sample. #socialmedia #mentalhealth www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

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📊 New research led by Luisa Fassi (@fassiluisa.bsky.social) and involving Prof Andy Przybylski (@shuhbillskee.bsky.social) of the OII reveals that adolescents with mental health conditions engage with social media differently than their peers.

Luisa Fassi@fassiluisa.bsky.social · last yr.

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Important new study about social media use in vulnerable young people:

Luisa Fassi@fassiluisa.bsky.social · last yr.

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great new study that will contribute usefully to the social media and mental health question. It uses more detailed assessment of both social media use and mental health, which has been a bit issue with previous research. This study shows that... (cont)

Luisa Fassi@fassiluisa.bsky.social · last yr.

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am so excited that this is now out. An absolutely **mammoth** amount of work, please give this thread a read ⬇️💪💪

Luisa Fassi@fassiluisa.bsky.social · last yr.

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

My team has got news! Looking forward to working on this with great team members and collaborators across the UK ⬇️ www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Cambridge leads governmental project to understand impact of smartphones and social media on young people

Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research project that will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of

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Great to see work from our team lead by the fantastic @fassiluisa.bsky.social being written up for a general audience by The Mental Elf! Worth a read if you are interested in the evidence base on social media and clinical anxiety/depression in young people ⬇️

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations www.nationalelfservice.net?p=209615 #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research

Ancora @fassiluisa.bsky.social e gruppo Orben con una revisione accurata e ragionata che smonta le semplicistiche associazioni tra social media e malessere giovanile. Correlazioni spurie per teoria raffazzonata da esperti che male informa le politiche pubbliche. Ne scrivono su The Mental Elf:

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations www.nationalelfservice.net?p=209615 #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth #Research