LATEST RESEARCH (NOVEMBER 2024)

Advertising

Title: New mobile advertising formats targeting young audiences: an analysis of advertainment and influencers’ role in perception and understanding

Author(s): Fernández-Gómez, E; Placer, PN; Fernández, BF

Source: HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2024 NOV 6

 

Title: The relationship between youth’s exposure to unhealthy digital food marketing and their dietary intake in Canada

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

Source: APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Published Date: 2024 OCT 29

 

Cognitive development

Title: Correlation of screen exposure to stress, learning, cognitive and language performance in children

Author(s): Hahnefeld, A; Fink, M; Beherec, SL; Baur, MA; Bernhardt, K; Mall, V

Source: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Published Date: 2024 OCT 23

 

Cyberbullying

Title: Navigating children’s cybersecurity landscape: understanding the impact of cyberbullying, online harrasment and identity theft on children

Author(s): Laczi, SA; Póser, V

Source: 18TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NFORMATICS, TIMISOARA, ROMANIA MAY 23-25, 2024 Pages: 541-546 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: From screens to minds: the connection between cyberbullying, psychological well-being, and the mediating role of perceived social support in high school students

Author(s): Kahi, M; Heidari, Z; Esmaeili, M; Samouei, R; Amini-Rarani, M

Source: ADVANCES IN PUBLIC HEALTH Volume: 2024 Published Date: 2024 OCT 25

 

Early childhood

Title: Toddler screen use before bed and its effect on sleep and attention: a randomized clinical trial

Author(s): Pickard, H; Chu, P; Essex, C; Goddard, EJ; Baulcombe, K; Carter, B; Bedford, R; Smith, TJ

Source: JAMA PEDIATRICS Published Date: 2024 OCT 21

 

Title: Types and contexts of child mobile screen use and associations with early childhood behavior

Author(s): Mallawaarachchi, SR; Anglim, J; Horwood, S

Source: EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY Volume: 70 Pages: 274-286 Published Date: 2025

 

Title: Screen time, outdoor play, and sleep routines in early childhood: longitudinal associations with parenting stress during toddler to preschool years

Author(s): Khalsa, AS; Andridge, R; Keim, SA; Zvara, BJ; Anderson, SE

Source: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Pages: 794-803 Published Date: 2024 NOV-DEC

 

Gambling

Title: Illegal loot box advertising on social media? An empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories

Author(s): Xiao, LY

Source: COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW Volume: 56 Published Date: 2025 APR

 

Title: The cards they’re dealt: types of gambling activity, online gambling, and risk of problem gambling in European adolescents

Author(s): Lombardi, G; Molinaro, S; Cotichini, R; Cerrai, S; Scalese, M; Benedetti, E

Source: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE Volume: 363 Issue: 11 Published Date: 2024

 

Gaming

Title: Problematic gaming, psychiatric comorbidities, and adolescence: A systematic review of the literature

Author(s): Coutelle, R; Balzer, J; Rolling, J; Lalanne, L

Source: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS Volume: 157 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Media literacy

Title: Children weigh internet inaccuracy when trusting in online information

Author(s): Tong, Y; Danovitch, JH; Wang, FX; Wang, WJ

Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 249 Published Date: 2025 JAN

 

Title: Young digital citizens: perception of their media and transmedia competence

Author(s): Aran-Ramspott, S; Elexpuru-Albizuri, I; Korres-Alonso, O; Moro-Inchaurtieta, A; Bergillos, I

Source: PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Published Date: 2024

 

Mobile phones

Title: Prevention and intervention mechanisms for adolescent mobile phone addiction

Author(s): Gao, QF

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 59 Supplement: 1 Page: 604 Published Date: 2024 AUG

 

Obesity

Title: Screen time and obesity prevalence in adolescents: an isotemporal substitution analysis

Author(s): Byun, D; Kim, Y; Jang, H; Oh, H

Source: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2024 NOV 12

 

Parental mediation

Title: Influence of parental mediation and social skills on adolescents’ use of online video games for escapism: A cross-sectional study

Author(s): Commodari, E; Consiglio, A; Cannata, M; La Rosa, VL

Source: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE Published Date: 2024 OCT 22

 

Title: Sharenting: Adolescents’ experience with parents’ posting information about them on social media

Author(s): Hadar, E; Peleg, O

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 59 Supplement: 1 Published Date: 2024 AUG

 

Pornography

Title: Factors associated with sexually explicit internet material use among adolescents: a systematic review

Author(s): Chaise, RF; Cardoso, CP; Wingert, FF; Piltcher, TT; Rocha, KB; López, MJM

Source: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Published Date: 2024 OCT 18

 

Title: Parents’ attitudes and response to their child’s pornography consumption in Australia: cross-sectional survey

Author(s): Lim, MSC; Johnson, ER; Raggatt, MH

Source: SEXUAL HEALTH Volume: 21 Issue: 6 Published Date: 2024

 

Privacy

Title: Minors’ online privacy disclosure and protection behaviors: a systematic review

Author(s): Lyu, T; Guo, YL; Chen, H

Source: BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Published Date: 2024 OCT 31

 

Title: Smartphone privacy and cyber safety among Australian adolescents: gender differences

Author(s): Al-Saggaf, Y ; Maclean, J

Source: INFORMATION Volume: 15 Issue: 10 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Screen content

Title: Netflix and the transnationalisation of teen television

Author(s): Asmar, A; Raats, T; Van Audenhove, L

Source: TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA Published Date: 2024 OCT 27

 

Screen use

Title: Does socioeconomic status moderate the association between screen time, mobile phone use, social networks, messaging applications, and mental health among adolescents?

Author(s): Visier-Alfonso, ME; López-Gil, JF; Mesas, AE; Jiménez-López, E; Cekrezi, S; Martínez-Vizcaíno, V

Source: CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING Published Date: 2024 OCT 29

 

Title: Preventing internet misuse and its impact on adolescent health: The role of emotional intelligence

Author(s): Chamizo-Nieto, MT; Extremera, N; Rey, L

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 59 Supplement: 1 Page: 490 Published Date: 2024 AUG

 

Title: Unveiling the YouTube addiction: Understanding the spectrum of digital dependency

Author(s): Mahendran, R; Abiharini, S; Subbaraj, A

Source: JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE Volume: 13 Issue: 11 Pages: 5265-5269 Published Date: 2024 NOV

 

Sexting

Title: Sexting as a vulnerability factor in adolescents’ lives

Author(s): Miano, P; Urone, C; Merendino, R

Source: PSICOLOGIA CLINICA DELLO SVILUPPO Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Pages: 187-224 Published Date: 2024 AUG

 

Sleep

Title: Problematic social media use may be ruining our sleep: a meta-analysis on the relationship between problematic social media use and sleep quality

Author(s): Chen, Y; Li, SY; Tian, Y; Li, D; Yin, HZ

Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION Published Date: 2024 NOV 1

 

Social development

Title: Social skills in face-to-face and online contexts : interference of the problematic use of the video game console

Author(s): López, AD; Sánchez, JJM; Ruiz, ABM

Source: SISYPHUSJOURNAL OF EDUCATION Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 167-179 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Media use in daily routines and young children’s social skills

Author(s): Xiao, N; Dore, R; Sun, J; Purtell, K; Lin, TJ; Justice, LM

Source: EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT Published Date: 2024 NOV 1

 

Social media

Title: Mental health and social media use among early adolescents: a scoping review

Author(s): Walsh, A; Chen, ACC; Sender, J

Source: WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH Volume: 46 Issue: 1 Page: 44S Published Date: 2024 MAR

 

Title: Social media and youth mental health: simple narratives produce biased interpretations

Author(s): Sewall, CJR; Parry, DA

Source: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SCIENCE Volume: 133 Issue: 7 Pages: 507-514 Published Date: 2024 OCT

 

Title: The impact of social media, smartphones, and overprotective parenting on child and adolescent development

Author(s): Balon, R

Source: ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY Published Date: 2024 OCT 9

 

Title: “I don’t feel like there’s enough awareness about the damage that social media does”: A thematic analysis of the relationships between social media use, mental wellbeing, and care experience

Author(s): Pepper, C; Vallejos, EP; Carter, CJ

Source: YOUTH Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Pages: 1244-1267 Published Date: 2023 DEC

 

Title: The effect of social media addiction on students’ selfconfidence

Author(s): Jabbarov, R; Mammadova, N; Abdullayeva, A; Akifzade, F; Mammadova, N

Source: CADERNOS EDUCACAO TECNOLOGIA E SOCIEDADE Volume: 17 Pages: 220-231 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Social media use in adolescents: bans, benefits, and emotion regulation behaviors

Author(s): Mcalister, KL; Beatty, CC; Smith-Caswell, JE; Yourell, JL; Huberty, L

Source: JMIR MENTAL HEALTH Volume: 11 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Social media challenges among adolescents – unconscious danger or peer pressure? Dangerous consequences of modern adolescents’ games

Author(s): Dacka, M

Source: PSYCHIATRIA I PSYCHOLOGIA KLINICZNA-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 79-88 Published Date: 2024

 

Title: Can’t stop scrolling! Adolescents’ patterns of TikTok use and digital well-being self-perception

Author(s): Virós-Martín, C ; Montaña-Blasco, M ; Jiménez-Morales, M

Source: HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Published Date: 2024 OCT 30

 

Videogames

Title: How do different game genres impact adolescent players’ problematic game use?

Author(s): Jo, H

Source: ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Volume: 52 Published Date: 2025 JAN