LATEST RESEARCH (MARCH 2025)

Advertising

Title: Food marketing to teenagers: Examining the digital palate of targeted appeals

Author(s): Elliott, C; Truman, E; Black, JE

Source: APPETITE Volume: 207 Published Date: 2025 MAR 1

 

Title: Unhealthy food advertising on social media: policy lessons from the Australian Ad Observatory

Author(s): Northcott, T; Sievert, K; Russell, C; Obeid, A; Angus, D; Parker, C

Source: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAR 5

 

Title: A scoping review of children’s and parents’ attitudes to and awareness of digital food marketing

Author(s): Vaughan, E; Da Encarnacao, MM; Brown, E; Lennox, ON; Kelly, C; Tatlow-Golden, M

Source: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAR 5

 

Title: Does outdoor advertising correlate with retail food purchases made by adolescents? A cross-sectional study in Canada

Author(s): Wray, A; Martin, G; Seabrook, JA; Doherty, S; Gilliland, J

Source: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAR 18

 

Artificial intelligence

Title: From social media to artificial intelligence: improving research on digital harms in youth

Author(s): Mansfield, KL; Ghai, S; Hakman, T; Ballou, N; Vuorre, M; Przybylski, AK

Source: LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 194-204 Published Date: 2025 MAR

 

Body image

Title: Health models and the quest for the ‘healthy’ body. Analysis of adolescents’ experiences using Instagram

Author(s): Hortigüla-Alcalá, D; Pérez-Pueyo, A; González-Calvo, G; Sánchez-Miguel, PA

Source: SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY Published Date: 2025 FEB 22

 

Title: Imagining another self: the use of social media among preadolescents and its body-related consequences. an exploratory study

Author(s): Digennaro, S; Iannaccone, A

Source: SAGE OPEN Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 JAN

 

Title: Behind the adolescent filter: unveiling the connection between digital body image edition, satisfaction and well-being

Author(s): Vizcaino-Verdú, A; Feijoo, B; Sádaba, C

Source: ATLANTIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION Published Date: 2025 FEB 28

 

Title: Online selfie behavior and consideration of cosmetic surgery in teenage girls: The mediating roles of appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction

Author(s): Li, YD; Chen, H; Zou, Y; Guo, YS; Gao, LY; Xu, XY

Source: PLOS ONE Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 FEB 6

 

Early childhood

Title: Weaning and separation in a time of cyborgs

Author(s): Manolopoulou, T

Source: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY Published Date: 2025 MAR 20

 

Eyesight

Title: Digital screen time and myopia: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Author(s): Ha, A; Lee, YJ; Lee, M; Shim, SR; Kim, YK

Source: JAMA NETWORK OPEN Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 FEB 21

 

Gaming

Title: Prevalence and predisposing factors of digital game addiction and cyberbullying in adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Author(s): Ayaz-Alkaya, S; Köse-Kabakcioglu, N

Source: PUBLIC HEALTH Volume: 241 Pages: 137-143 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Title: Child’s-eye views of smartphone-based gaming content: objective insights from Aotearoa New Zealand

Author(s): Gurtner, M; Gage, R; Smith, M; Stanley, J; Signal, L

Source: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 MAR 5

 

Title: Longitudinal associations between problematic video game playing and social media use and support devoted by family and friends

Author(s): Katz, D; Borbála, P; Zsolt, D; Király, O

Source: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS Volume: 13 Suppl: 1 Page: 81 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Mobile phones

Title: “Phones off while school’s on”: Evaluating problematic phone use and the social, wellbeing, and academic effects of banning phones in schools

Author(s): King, DL; Radunz, M; Galanis, CR; Quinney, B; Wade, T

Source: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Pages: 913-922 Published Date: 2024 DEC 30

 

Title: Student perspectives on banning mobile phones in South Australian secondary schools: A large-scale qualitative analysis

Author(s): Bar, E; Radunz, M; Galanis, CR; Quinney, B; Wade, TD; King, DL

Source: COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR Volume: 167 Published Date: 2025 JUN

 

Title: Protective and risk factors in problematic mobile phone use among adolescents: A three-wave longitude study

Author(s): Ji, XQ; Feng, NN; Zhao, T; Cui, LJ

Source: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS Volume: 165 Published Date: 2025 JUN

 

Parental mediation

Title: Parental mediation and the use of social networks: A systematic review

Author(s): Sevilla-Fernández, D; Díaz-López, A; Caba-Machado, V; Machimbarrena, JM; Ortega-Barón, J; González-Cabrera, J

Source: PLOS ONE Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 FEB 3

 

Title: Parental phubbing and adolescent problematic internet use: the mediating roles of parent-child relationship and autonomy

Author(s): Liu, JJ; Niu, GF; Bai, XQ; Sun, XJ

Source: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY Published Date: 2025 MAR 6

 

Pornography

Title: Young people’s intentional and unintentional encounters with internet pornography in Australia

Author(s): Minihan, S; Burton, M; Giunta, K; Villegas, L; Nicholas, M

Source: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Published Date: 2025 MAR 17

 

Regulation/policy making

Title: Economic, political, and social factors impeding the regulation of digital platforms

Author(s): Garcia-Murillo, M; Macinnes, I

Source: TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Title: India needs a national social media policy for children, adolescents, and young adults

Author(s): Suhas, S

Source: LANCET PSYCHIATRY Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: 174-175 Published Date: 2025 MAR

 

Title: Guiding young people’s social media use in school policies: opportunities, risks, moral panics, and imagined futures

Author(s): Robards, B; Goring, J; Hendry, NA

Source: JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES Published Date: 2025 FEB 25

 

Screen content

Title: From greenwashing to screenwashing? How the tech industry plays around with children’s future

Author(s): Koning, I; Van Den Eijnden, R; Vossen, H

Source: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS Volume: 13 Suppl: 1 Page: 109 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Screen use

Title: Childhood and screens manifesto

Author(s): Diez, D

Source: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS Volume: 13 Suppl: 1 Page: 281 Published Date: 2024 DEC

 

Title: Age of first digital device use and screen media use at age 15: A cross-sectional analysis of 384,591 participants from 55 countries

Author(s): Slater, SO; Arundell, L; Grontved, A; Salmon, J

Source: PUBLIC HEALTH IN PRACTICE Volume: 9 Published Date: 2025 JUN

 

Title: Perspectives of clinicians on the potential impact of social media on social and emotional wellbeing, training needs, and screening recommendations: a preliminary examination

Author(s): Domoff, SE; Armstrong, SB; Rollings, H; Mancuso, A; Janney, CA

Source: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY Volume: 16 Published Date: 2025 FEB 27

 

Title: Use of smartphone, tablet and television during breakfast, lunch, and dinner in children from three months up to five years: Baseline results of the Smart Screen Health project (Spain, 2021-2022)

Author(s): de Paz-Cantos, S; González-Marrón, A; Lidón-Moyano, C; Díez-Izquierdo, A; Oñoro, G; Martínez-Sánchez, JM

Source: ACTA ALIMENTARIA Published Date: 2025 MAR 13

 

Sleep

Title: Social media and sleep health

Author(s): Hale, L; Hartstein, LE; Ceranoglu, TA

Source: PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Pages: 165-173 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Title: Electronic device usage pattern is associated with sleep disturbances in adolescents: a latent class analysis

Author(s): Lin, QW; Wei, SH; Wu, YX; Wei, SC; Lin, YQ

Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS Volume: 184 Issue: 4 Published Date: 2025 MAR 11

 

Social media

Title: The impact of the social media industry as a commercial determinant of health on the digital food environment for children and adolescents: a scoping review

Author(s): Lafontaine, J; Hanson, I; Wild, C

Source: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Published Date: 2025 FEB 19

 

Title: The impact of social media use on the development of eating disorders

Author(s): Gerwin, RL; Ashraf, S

Source: PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Pages: 203-212 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Title: Prevalence and patterns of social media use in early adolescents

Author(s): Nagata, JM; Memon, Z; Talebloo, J; Li, K; Low, P; Shao, IY; Ganson, KT; Testa, A; He, JB; Brindis, CD; Baker, FC

Source: ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Published Date: 2025 MAY-JUN

 

Title: Filtering reality: Navigating Instagram’s influence on adolescent mental health

Author(s): Balamurugan, G; Vijayarani, M

Source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2025 FEB

 

Title: Social media and adolescent health

Author(s): Allem, JP

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Volume: 114 Issue: 10 Pages: 980-982 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Title: Engagement, attitudes, and perceptions of social media use: associations with adolescents’ mental well-being

Author(s): Finserås, TR; Hjetland, GJ; Andersen, AIO; Sivertsen, B; Colman, I; Skogen, JC

Source: YOUTH & SOCIETY Published Date: 2025 FEB 23

 

Title: Balancing risks and resilience: Evaluating the impact of Australia’s social media ban on adolescent mental health

Author(s): Mirza, T

Source: AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY Published Date: 2025 MAR 12