LATEST RESEARCH (FEBRUARY 2025)

Advertising

Title: The consumer socialization process: How social media affects youth luxury consumption

Author(s): Park, J; Chun, J

Source: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL FASHION MARKETING Published Date: 2025 FEB 9

 

Title: Effects of food depictions in entertainment media on children’s unhealthy food preferences: content analysis linked with panel data

Author(s): Matthes, J; Binder, A; Naderer, B; Forrai, M; Spielvogel, I; Knupfer, H; Saumer, M

Source: JMIR PEDIATRICS AND PARENTING Volume: 7 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Examining differences in exposure to digital marketing of unhealthy foods reported by Canadian children and adolescents in two policy environments

Author(s): Vergeer, L; Soto, C; Bagnato, M; Pauzé, E; Amson, A; Ramsay, T; Olstad, DL; Welch, V; Kent, MP

Source: BMC NUTRITION Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 FEB 7

 

Title: Normalizing junk food: The frequency and reach of posts related to food and beverage brands on social media

Author(s): Kent, MP; Pritchard, M; Mulligan, C; Remedios, L

Source: PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH Volume: 3 Issue: 10 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Body image

Title: #Fittok: How Fitfluencers’ videos on Tiktok impact adolescents’ body satisfaction, workout intention, and behavior

Author(s): de Brabandere, M; Hudders, L; Vanwesenbeeck, I

Source: PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING Published Date: 2025 JAN 30

 

Title: Adolescents’ advertising literacy and body self- perception in the face of influencer marketing

Author(s): Feijoo, B; Sádaba, C

Source: CUADERNOS INFO Issue: 60 Pages: 93-120 Published Date: 2025

 

Cognitive development

Title: The relationship between parental smartphone addiction and preschool children’s emotional regulation

Author(s): Song, TJ; Zhao, H; Rafik-Galea, S; Fitriana, M; Solanki, K; Glocker, C; Simon, MS; Adler, N; Eder, J; Barton, BB; Musil, R

Source: ALPHA PSYCHIATRY Volume: 25 Issue: 6 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Early childhood

Title: Does preschool TV exposure affect mental health? Evidence from China

Author(s): Sun, YJ; Liu, X; Liu, JJ; Duan, Y

Source: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION Volume: 229 Published Date: 2025 JAN

 

Title: Factors contributing to the successful development of cyber safety education for foundation phase children: a systematic literature review

Author(s): Gcaza, N; Thomson, KL

Source: INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SECURITY Published Date: 2025 FEB 17

 

Gambling

Title: Influencer-driven gambling content and its impact on children and young people: a scoping study

Author(s): Bolat, E; Panourgia, C; Yankouskaya, A; Kelly, M

Source: CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 JAN 17

 

Title: Ending gambling adverts could prevent harm to millions of adults and children in the UK

Author(s): Fenton, K; Prochaska, W

Source: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume: 388 Published Date: 2025 JAN 27

 

Title: Safeguarding children and young people from gambling harms: a scoping review of the grey literature

Author(s): Davidson, K; Davis, C; Arden-Close, E; Bolat, E; Panourgia, C

Source: CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 FEB 11

 

Title: Impact of family education on online gambling addiction: An age-structured modelling approach

Author(s): Chanauria, N; Abbas, S

Source: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYS Issue: AND APPLICATIONS Volume: 545 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAY 15

 

Title: Exploring perspectives towards the gambling industry and its marketing strategies among young people in Western Australia

Author(s): Royce, B; Crawford, G; Francis, L; Thomas, S; Hallett, J

Source: HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Gaming

Title: Childhoods on the Roblox gaming platform: transformations and continuities in ways of playing and being a child

Author(s): Josiowicz, AJ; Silva, MPR

Source: PALABRA Issue: 48 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Let’s “game” it!: Dangerous games, a new health challenge

Author(s): Afonso, L; Voyer, M; Sapanet, M; Harika-Germaneau, G; Delbreil, A

Source: LEGAL MEDICINE Volume: 72 Published Date: 2025 FEB

 

Language development

Title: Exposure to audiovisual media and its role in toddlers’ language development

Author(s): Novikova, E; Su, PL; Morini, G

Source: ACTA PAEDIATRICA Published Date: 2025 FEB 4

 

Obesity

Title: Longitudinal associations between parental screen time monitoring, screen time exposure, diet, and body mass index in young U.S. children

Author(s): Mendoza, ID; Duncan, RJ; Moding, KJ

Source: JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA Published Date: 2025 JAN 20

 

Parental mediation

Title: Associations between media parenting practices and early adolescent consumption of R-rated movies and mature-rated video games

Author(s): Nagata, JM; Li, KR; Sui, SS; Talebloo, J; Otmar, CD; Shao, IY; Kiss, O; Ganson, KT; Testa, A; He, JB; Baker, FC

Source: BMC PEDIATRICS Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 FEB 4

 

Privacy

Title: Sharing images of children on social media: British motherhood influencers and the privacy paradox

Author(s): Baxter, K; Czarnecka, B

Source: PLOS ONE Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 JAN 15

 

Reading

Title: Do children’s brains function differently during book reading and screen time? A fNIRS study

Author(s): Pecukonis, M; Yuecel, M; Lee, HY; Knox, C; Boas, DA; Tager-Flusberg, H

Source: DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAR

 

Regulation/policy making

Title: Screen exposure, mental health and emotional well-being in the adolescent population: is it time for governments to take action

Author(s): Alvarez de Mon, MA; Sánchez-Villegas, A; Gutiérrez-Rojas, L; Martinez-Gonzalez, MA

Source: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Volume: 78 Issue: 12 Pages: 759-763 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Title: It takes a village: Youth online safety research highlights need for interdisciplinary, multistakeholder solutions

Author(s): Sweigart, EA; Park, JK; Wisniewski, PJ; Wisniewski, Pamela J

Source: JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Pages: 121-129 Published Date: 2025

 

Screen content

Title: Content is king but ignored in the debate on screentime and adolescent health

Author(s): Allem, JP

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE Volume: 68 Issue: 2 Pages: 415-417 Published Date: 2025 FEB

 

Title: Virtual toys. The mediatization of play on YouTube

Author(s): Thakore, BK

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PLAY Volume: 16 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 303-319 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Access to potentially harmful online content and psychological distress in Australian older adolescents: a population-based study

Author(s): Biswas, T; Edmed, SL; Tran, N; Huda, MM; Pattinson, C; Maravilla, J; Baxter, J; Al Mamun, A

Source: CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH Published Date: 2025 JAN 30

 

Screen use

Title: Screen time and social media exposure in children and adolescents – the landscape

Author(s): Elias, C

Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Volume: 34 SUPPL: 3 Published Date: 2024 OCT 28

 

Title: Screen time among preschoolers: exploring individual, familial, and environmental factors

Author(s): Lee, S; Kim, D; Shin, Y

Source: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PEDIATRICS Volume: 67 Issue: 12 Pages: 641-650 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Title: Impact of digital technology on family life and leisure activities: An approach from families with adolescents

Author(s): Garcia, EDG; Ramos, PFA; Quintana, JCM

Source: LOISIR & SOCIETE-SOCIETY AND LEISURE Volume: 47 Issue: 2 Pages: 370-385 Published Date: 2024 MAY 3

 

Title: Revealing schoolchildren’s key situations in the use of digital media inside and outside school: A media diary study

Author(s): Meier, JV; Kaspar, K

Source: PLOS ONE Volume: 19 Issue: 12 Published Date: 2024 DEC 31

 

Title: The association between academic stress and problematic internet use among adolescents: a three-level meta-analysis

Author(s): Chen, ZH; Zeng, JY; Liao, JQ; Guo, C

Source: JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE Published Date: 2025 FEB 8

 

Title: Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: the mediating role of self-regulation

Author(s): Morales-alvarez, A; Valdés-Cuervo, AA; Parra-Pérez, LG

Source: CYBERPSYCHOLOGY-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH ON CYBERSPACE Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025

 

Sleep

Title: Longitudinal analysis of the bidirectional relationship between screen time and sleep: Exploring the role of physical activity

Author(s): Salehi, EN; Brakenridge, C; Jaydarifard, S; Mielke, GI

Source: SLEEP MEDICINE Volume: 126 Pages: 319-326 Published Date: 2025 FEB

 

Social development

Title: High-speed internet and socioemotional wellbeing in adolescence and youth

Author(s): Colombo, K; Failache, E; Querejeta, M

Source: JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 MAR

 

Title: Perceptions of social media: do they foster or hinder online prosocial behavior in adolescence?

Author(s): Pastor, Y; Lobato-Rincón, LL; Thomas-Currás, H; Pérez-Torres, V; López-Sáez, MA

Source: YOUTH & SOCIETY Published Date: 2025 FEB 11

 

Social media

Title: Social media and substance use: how social media shapes and fuels adolescent substance use and how we can respond

Author(s): Atkinson, DL; Ivanov, I

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Volume: 63 Issue: 10 Page: S51 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Title: “Beezin”: analysis of TikTok content related to a viral social media trend

Author(s): Killeen, OJ; Saleem, Z; Vorias, T; Mubeen, A; Miller, A; Sridhara, R; Gibson, M; Wang, A; Chang, T

Source: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Pages: 39-41 Published Date: 2025 JAN-FEB

Note: “beezin,”is a social media trend that involves applying Burt’s Bees Lip Balm to the eyelids to induce intoxication

 

Title: Is using TikTok stressful? Exploring the longitudinal relationships between adolescents’ self-concept clarity and digital stress

Author(s): Dodan, D; Negru-Subtirica, O

Source: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 MAR

 

Title: ‘We want children to have a childhood’ protecting children from the harms of social media

Author(s): Coyne, I

Source: COMPREHENSIVE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NURSING-BUILDING EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE Published Date: 2025 JAN 19

 

Title: The child labor in social media: Kidfluencers, ethics of care, and exploitation

Author(s): Clark, DR; Jno-Charles, AB

Source: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS Published Date: 2025 FEB 10

 

Title: Ten myths about the effect of social media use on well-being

Author(s): Hall, JA

Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH Volume: 26 Published Date: 2024 NOV 25

 

Title: Perceptions of Spanish adolescents on the reliability of information on social media

Author(s): Placer, PN; Zozaya, L; Sádaba, C; Feijoo, B

Source: OBETS-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 119-140 Published Date: 2025