If you only read one of them (and you should read all of them before you post about the issue), make it this one. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e59585

Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being

This viewpoint reviews the empirical evidence regarding the association between social media use and well-being, including life satisfaction and affective well-being, and the association between socia...

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One of the most important (often ignored, always misinterpreted) papers: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27929304/ With < full lifetime data, only 17% never had clinician confirmed Dx, so that number has to get closer to 0 for full lifespan. Everyone's "disordered"? What's "normal"? What's mental health?

Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction - PubMed

We review epidemiological evidence indicating that most people will develop a diagnosable mental disorder, suggesting that only a minority experience enduring mental health. This minority has received...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hannah R Snyder@hannahrsnyder.bsky.social · last wk.

Developmental psychopathology friends: I'm taking over and totally revamping our course for Spring – help me build a kick-ass reading list - what are your favorite recent review/perspectives articles? Self-promotions welcome! 🙏

A few thoughts on why I changed my mind about age-gating as a way to protect young people online, as France races forward with their plans to ban under 15s from social media open.substack.com/pub/candiceo...

Why I Changed My Mind About Age-Gating and Social Media Bans

Last week I spoke with Amelia Gentleman at The Guardian about the growing movement to ban young people under the age of 16 from social media platforms.

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Gen Z is Crossing the Threshold into Adulthood and We Need to Show Up for Them substack.com/@isabelagran...

Gen Z is Crossing the Threshold into Adulthood and We Need to Show Up for Them

On “failure to launch,” the developmental passage into adulthood, and what actually helps

substack.com

#ICYMI "Emotions are not weaknesses. They can... help us recognize when we feel secure, connected, and at peace, or when something in our lives needs to change," writes Resolve's Director of Community Services Tara Everitt in our latest op/ed. Read more here: www.kingstonist.com/mental-healt...

Opinion: Creating emotional safety – Kingston News

(Kingston, Ontario) From an early age, many of us learn that expressing emotions is not always safe.

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I think the difficulty of understanding feedback loops underlies many big debates in science: Origin of life: "genes first" vs "metabolism first" (neither, it's a feedback loop) Development: "nature vs nurture" (neither, it's a feedback loop) Neuroscience: "brain vs behaviour" (you guessed it!)

“Social media is ‘one of the least influential factors’ in teen depression and anxiety; girls who are already depressed go on to use social media more, not the other way around.”

‘Social media bans are likely to make things worse’: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health

She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers

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This looks awesome, @aidangcw.bsky.social ! So important. Agree it is deeper than just method. Ontological process. Can't wait to read it! thank you

Aidan Wright@aidangcw.bsky.social · last mo.

New review, forthcoming in the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology: "From Seconds to Seasons and Days to Decades: Timescales in Development." Let me walk you through some key points. 👇 BC its a review, these are based on many others' work. osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/

Candice Odgers is the reasoned, evidence-based, and child-centric voice that EVERYONE needs to listen to. If you are TRULY concerned about youth, so many more effective things can be done to improve their lives. Banning phones is SUPREMELY stupid, and harmful. Thank you, Candice.

Candice Odgers@candiceodgers.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you to everyone who has shared and given feedback on my talk, What we are getting wrong about teens and tech! Join me on Substack to continue the search for solutions that go beyond bans to support young people online. open.substack.com/pub/candiceo...

Watch the entire talk here: go.ted.com/candiceodgers

What we're getting wrong about teens and tech

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

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The more often you hear something, the more likely you are to believe that it is true. But please, don't believe everything you hear about teens today. Science and how well they are doing, despite the suffering of adults around them, tells a different story.

In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.

"Banning children from social media is not the answer, UN warns – platforms must be made safe by design" news.un.org/en/story/202...

Banning children from social media is not the answer, UN warns – platforms must be made safe by design

Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and te...

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Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 3mo ago

Instead of outright bans, we could mandate: - default minor safety settings - algorithm restrictions for minors - screen-time tools - stronger moderation - age-appropriate design codes - digital literacy education - parental controls with youth rights protection... But no, b/c ...

Canada is getting ready to ban social media for kids under 16. The quote going around by cabinet minister Marc Miller: "it's obvious why it's a priority. Kids are dying." Every death by suicide is a tragedy but the numbers don't support this claim. I pulled Statistics Canada data to illustrate: 🧵

There's a few things I want to say about this, but I'll stay in my research lane (and in theme with #Pride): The effects of social media on mental health is mixed. But we know that social media can be an avenue for 2SLGBTQ+ kids to find community and support where it otherwise does not exist.

Andrea Howard@drandreahoward.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Canada is getting ready to ban social media for kids under 16. The quote going around by cabinet minister Marc Miller: "it's obvious why it's a priority. Kids are dying." Every death by suicide is a tragedy but the numbers don't support this claim. I pulled Statistics Canada data to illustrate: 🧵

A brilliant rebuttal to that NYT opinion piece from earlier in the week (Yes, THAT one) "We don’t need fewer games – we need better ones, and a deeper commitment to designing learning experiences that invite students to not simply respond, but to think" www.gamesforchange.org/blog_posts/t...

The Problem Isn’t Screens. It’s That We’ve Turned Learning Into a Game No One Wants to Play - Games for Change

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Really great #SRA2026 roundtable session this morning by @mitchprinstein.bsky.social , @evatelzer.bsky.social , Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter and Sunny Liu all about advancing responsible social media research. Heartening to hear so many thoughtful perspectives, and no moral panic about teens and screens!

The DSEC Lab is in Pittsburgh for #SAS2026! 🎉 We’re excited to present some of the latest findings from the lab and to learn from the incredible work being shared by others at the conference! Our team will be presenting on Friday and Saturday, so stay tuned for some conference highlights!

#ICYMI As we get closer to March Break, our friends at The Screening Room are making some family-friendly and wallet-friendly plans! Read more: www.kingstonist.com/news/the-scr...

The Screening Room's annual March Break Movies series to screen family-friendly classics for $6 – Kingston News

(Kingston, Ontario) Downtown Kingston's beloved cinema, The Screening Room, is gearing up for its fourth annual March Break Movies series, showing seven family-friendly classics for only $6 per ticket...

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In my essay today for @spectator I argue that #socialmedia bans such as in place in Australia, and being considered in the UK are doomed to fail. The evidence just isn't there that they would help. spectator.com/article/ther...

There is no evidence that social media harms children’s mental health

Far from ‘drowning in evidence’, real researchers – not pop psychologists – are scouring a great desert looking for puddles

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Great use of state space grids!

Ellen Roche@ellroche.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I've wanted to look at mutual sensitivity (consistency between caregivers in their sensitivity) for years, and this analysis was buoyed by encouragement at @affectscience.bsky.social 2023 after a flash talk exploring the method. Thanks to @tomhollenstein.bsky.social for state space inspiration!

Lazy Scholar is available on Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lazy-... and Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

Agreed, Andrea. That direction is never considered by the pre-convinced crowd. aaannnndd....PANAS is not a wellbeing measure. Feeling negative emotions is NORMAL. Please please please MAKE THE SCHLOCK STOP!

Andrea Howard@drandreahoward.bsky.social · 7mo ago

That’s not a fair interpretation of these results. Setting all other method issues aside, it’s just as likely that kids spend more time on their phones on days when they’re bored or “less happy” in some other way.

@affectscience.bsky.social notices are out! 🎉 If you’re going to #SAS2026, consider attending its very first Developmental Affective Science pre-conference too! @eriknook.bsky.social and I hope to see you there. 🤞🏻 Spread the word!

Society for Affective Science@affectscience.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Explore how affective processes develop from early life through adolescence at the Developmental Affective Science preconference featuring invited talks, trainee flash talks, open discussion, & opportunities to spark new collabs across career stages! bit.ly/3Mx0778

If only adults could pay attention to something other than teenagers’ phones…

Chris Ferguson@cjferguson1111.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today I note how, after Florida implemented their #cellphoneban in schools, Florida's national standardized testing scores dropped. We need to work harder to improve schools by improving schools, not by banning technology. www.tallahassee.com/story/opinio...

Our department is hiring! We’re looking for a new colleague (Assoc/Full) in Social/Affective Neuroscience to join us at Queen’s starting July 2026. Amazing people, great facilities, supportive community. Please share!! Full ad here: www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...

I JUST posted about another one. A meta-analysis. Zero reality. On the plus side, great teaching tools. bsky.app/profile/tomh...

Dr. Casey Fiesler@cfiesler.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers. Here's what happened: scientiapsychiatrica.com/index.php/Sc...

Updating my comparative public admin seminar class—which was decimated by AI last year—to maybe be a little more LLM-proof by adding a 20–30 minute start-of-class writing & discussion activity. Will it work? Who knows! Full details and PDF here: governancef25.classes.andrewheiss.com/assignment/c...

Not surprisingly I have lots of thoughts on this. But in a nutshell, Yes, we should support teachers and no students should not be on their phones in class (unless they are integrated into the class plan or supporting learning), but, most teachers and schools had already solved this problem...