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Youth, digital life
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Youth

Children, adolescents, youth, or emerging-adult populations.

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Developmental PsychologySep 21, 2026

A daily diary study of reciprocal associations between young adults’ loneliness and problematic social media use through psychological distress symptoms: The buffering roles of mindfulness and self-compassion.

Hongjian Cao, Kunru Song, Yao Zheng, Yue Liang, Yuan-Wei Yao, Nan Zhou

10.1037/dev0002276

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “young adults” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “loneliness” in title.

002

Technology, Mind, and BehaviorSep 1, 2026

Heterogeneous associations between objectively measured screen time and sleep in early adolescence.

Sierra Clifford, Leah D. Doane, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

10.1037/tmb0000203

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescence” in title; Social & digital media — “screen time” in title; Mental health & well-being — “sleep” in title.

003

Psychology of Popular MediaAug 31, 2026

Nigerian women’s perceptions of social media’s role in skin bleaching, body image, and colorism.

Ruth Emmanuel, Kelly Merrill

10.1037/ppm0000701

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “body image” in title.

004

Psychology of Popular MediaAug 27, 2026

Adolescents’ appearance-related social media consciousness and photo-related behaviors are linked to social anxiety symptoms with peers digitally and in-person: An ecological momentary assessment study.

Adelaide E. Graham, Margaret V. Brehm, Zelal Kilic, Sophia Choukas-Bradley, Jacqueline L. Nesi, Cecile D. Ladouceur, Jennifer S. Silk

10.1037/ppm0000696

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescents” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “anxiety” in title.

005

Journal of Educational PsychologyAug 24, 2026

Attention and sleep quality as mediators in the link between adolescents’ social media use and school engagement.

Christina L. Scanlon, Young Ri Lee, Ming-Te Wang

10.1037/edu0001068

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescents” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “sleep quality” in title.

006

Psychology of Popular MediaAug 24, 2026

Social media, racialized appearance concerns, and well-being among adolescent girls of color in the United States and England.

L. Monique Ward, Elizabeth A. Daniels, Morgan Jerald, Kyla N. Brathwaite

10.1037/ppm0000697

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescent” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “well-being” in title.

007

Journal of Family PsychologyAug 1, 2026

Views of preschool-age children’s screen time among mothers with low incomes.

Emma Flanagan, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Jill Hoiting, Margaret Kerr, Heather Kirkorian

10.1037/fam0001483

YouthSocial & digital media

Screening evidence: Youth — “children” in title; Social & digital media — “screen time” in title.

008

Psychology of Popular MediaJul 27, 2026

Seeing and being seen: A latent class analysis of social media use among young individuals with visible differences and its links to sociodemographic characteristics, norms, and body image.

Laure Dedecker, Laura Vandenbosch, Chelly Maes, Jill Meirte, Lara Schreurs

10.1037/ppm0000693

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “body image” in title.

009

Journal of Family PsychologyJul 9, 2026

Parenting stress and children’s problematic media use: An analysis based on the common fate model.

Qing Zhang, Jiayao Wang, Xiaoxue Kong, Lin Zou, Guimin Feng, Youli Wang, Bowen Xiao, Yan Li

10.1037/fam0001485

YouthSocial & digital media

Screening evidence: Youth — “children” in title; Social & digital media — “media use” in title.

010

Psychology of Popular MediaJul 1, 2026

Exploring the impact of work from home on the effects of social media: A moderated mediation analysis of psychological well-being.

Biying Wu-Ouyang

10.1037/ppm0000608

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “well-being” in title.

011

Psychology of Popular MediaJun 18, 2026

Content and context correlates of problematic media use in young children.

Shayl F. Griffith, Sarah E. Domoff

10.1037/ppm0000678

YouthSocial & digital media

Screening evidence: Youth — “children” in title; Social & digital media — “media use” in title.

012

Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical ScienceMay 21, 2026

Addictive use of social media scales are not necessarily measuring problematic behavior: Evidence from the international 2017 health behaviour in school-aged children study.

Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, Loïs Fournier, Stéphanie Baggio, Pierre Maurage, Joël Billieux

10.1037/abn0001138

YouthSocial & digital media

Screening evidence: Youth — “school-aged” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title.

013

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 6, 2026

A healthy dose of skepticism: The relationship between young adolescents’ sexual media exposure and sexual intentions, and the moderating role of media skepticism.

Christina V. Dodson, Reina Evans-Paulson, Tracy M. Scull

10.1037/ppm0000667

YouthSocial & digital media

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescents” in title; Social & digital media — “media exposure” in title.

014

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 1, 2026

Spontaneous narratives of adolescents about their perceived impact of social media use on their psychological well-being and mental health.

Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez, Adrien Faure-Carvallo, Cristina Colomé, Juan-José Boté-Vericad

10.1037/ppm0000609

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “adolescents” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “well-being” in title.

015

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 1, 2026

Social networking sites use exacerbates appearance anxiety in young Chinese women: The moderating role of self-concept clarity.

Yinying Hu, Huaxia Tian, Yuting Hou, Min Zhu, Xiangping Gao

10.1037/ppm0000600

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social networking sites” in title; Mental health & well-being — “anxiety” in title.

016

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 1, 2026

Why we play: Motivational and experiential aspects of video gaming as predictors of player well-being.

Audrey Richard, Courtney N. Plante, Frédérick Dionne

10.1037/ppm0000604

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “gaming” in title; Mental health & well-being — “well-being” in title.

017

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 1, 2026

Social media addiction moderates links between perceptions of freedom and mental health in the United States and Germany.

Cameron J. Bunker, Jürgen Margraf, Julia Brailovskaia

10.1037/ppm0000618

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “mental health” in title.

018

Psychology of Popular MediaApr 1, 2026

A cognitive behavioral therapy-based microintervention to reduce the negative impact of Instagram use on well-being: A randomized controlled trial.

Zoe Herriman, Rachel M. Roberts, Amanda M. Taylor, Amy Slater

10.1037/ppm0000619

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “instagram” in title; Mental health & well-being — “well-being” in title.

019

Psychology of Popular MediaMar 5, 2026

Investigating the direct and indirect longitudinal relationships between social media use and life satisfaction via cosmopolitanism: A 6-year cohort study of adults.

Yu Takizawa

10.1037/ppm0000659

Social & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “life satisfaction” in title.

020

EmotionMar 1, 2026

College student depressive symptoms linked to feeling worse during social media use and engaging in social media in more emotionally negative ways: An experimental approach.

Alison B. Tuck, Joshua J. Jackson, Renee J. Thompson

10.1037/emo0001558

YouthSocial & digital mediaMental health & well-being

Screening evidence: Youth — “college student” in title; Social & digital media — “social media” in title; Mental health & well-being — “depressive” in title.