Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?
Nature April 2, 2025
NSCA Member Candice Odgers is quoted in a Nature article discussing the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. “Science to date does not support the widespread panic around social media and [adolescent] mental health,” says Odgers.
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April 16, 2025
“The evidence linking sleep and mental health is a lot tighter, more causal, than the evidence for social media and mental health,” Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni explains in a new Associated Press article about the importance of promoting healthy sleep during adolescence.
April 16, 2025
NSCA member Jacqueline Nesi is interviewed in a New York Times op-ed about how AI chatbots might affect young people by taking key peer roles, and why we should consider regulation backed by lawmakers and research. In the article, Nesi suggests that more research is needed on how these new technologies affect young people specifically, and these results may help us better tailor and scaffold their experiences with them.
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