Candice Odgers
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After tracking teens every day on their phones we decided to take stock of the larger literature. It turns out that once you separate facts from the fears, there are few convincing connections between digital technology use and adolescents' mental health.
Just out: A building body of research -- including a big meta-analysis out today -- suggests that we should probably stop blaming smart phones and social media for our mental health problems.
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Using data streaming from adolescents' phones, we find no evidence that time spent daily on digital tech negatively impacts teens mental health. When associations are found, they are small and in the opposite direction! New research with
@mikey_jensen
@MadziaGeorge
@MikeRussell5
Teenagers report better well-being and
#mentalhealth
on days when they are more active on social media - one of the takeaways at
#GESF2019
from
@candice_odgers
at
@ucirvine
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Why simply asking teens if they think social media is bad for them tells us very little about its’ impact on mental health.
“We don’t go around and ask ‘do you think vaccines are effective’ and then conclude that that’s the effectiveness of vaccines”
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Our new paper on daily digital technology usage and adolescent mental health led by
@mikey_jensen
is out today, with no evidence that more time online and on phones increases teens' risk for daily depression and anxiety
“There are no convincing data showing that time spent using digital technologies is inherently harmful, and it appears that the quantity of tech use poses little risk to adolescents’ mental health.”
@mikey_jensen
/
@candice_odgers
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
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Investments that support children in all the spaces they learn and grow are needed now more than ever. Fortunate to lead
#CERES
with
@gillianrhayes
@UCIrvine
and with the
@Foundation_JF
to ensure children receive the best of what online spaces and science have to offer.
The Jacobs Foundation has made a grant of $11 million to Professors
@gillianrhayes
and
@candice_odgers
at the
@UCIrvine
to create an
#EdTech
collaborative network: Connecting the EdTech Research Ecosystem (CERES). Find out more here:
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Proud to contribute to the Coming of Age issue
@nature
with the positive message that most youth are thriving in the digital age, but a warning that already vulnerable teens may be left further behind as a new digital divide grows
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If social media companies are serious about asking whether their platforms are harming adolescents’ mental health, then the ethical and scientific bar for how they conduct their research needs to be raised. Our open letter describes how via
@usatoday
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Honored to be listed among this group of scholars for 2023 and grateful for the amazing research team that generates this science
@Clarivate
@CIFAR_News
@ceres_jacobs
@ERiskstudy
Congrats to
@UCIrvine
psychological science professors Julian Thayer (distinguished prof) &
@candice_odgers
(who's also the School of
@Social_Ecology
's research and faculty development director) for again making Clarivate’s “Highly Cited Researchers” list.
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“The phone is an easy target ... but this blanket narrative that digital devices and time online is damaging to mental health and cognition is just not supported yet.” Critical commentary & call to action
@NatureOutlook
@SimonMakin
@ShuhBillSkee
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Claims of social media ‘addiction’ are full of bad science — its real impact might be more positive than you think via
@businessinsider
@erbrod
@ShuhBillSkee
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The WSJ Facebook sting operation claims to have uncovered a smoking gun with youth mental health. Sadly, the research was so bad (asking teens: hey you know that thing that everyone says is bad for you? do you think it is bad for you?), with no data is shared, tells us - nothing.
@ShuhBillSkee
@WSJ
Absolutely true. Virtually all 2000+ adolescents reported tech was impairing their health - but no evidence of this if you look at school records, validated psych assessments, or objective measures - the narrative is strong and likely wrong-
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Excited about the new lab launching in 2019
@UCIrvine
focused on growing up digital with the fantastic
@mizuk
@ksquire
@constances
@katieatplay
@steveschueller
and many others working across
@UCI_Informatics
@Social_Ecology
@UCIEducation
@UCIHumanities
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Kids (Who Use Tech) Seem to Be All Right via
@sciam
incredible study by
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
with a clear message for parents and policy makers - associations between adolescent wellbeing and screen time are tiny at best and do not support current fears
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Out today - latest on Ambulatory Assessment of Adolescents via mobile devices, wearables and geo-trackers in
@SRAdolescence
Special Issue. From the incredible editorial team
@riskyadpathways
@MikeRussell5
@AmyBellmore
Ehrenreich & Goldberg
@ucisocsci
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Thanks! Just to be clear the take away finding from the study is NO robust associations between daily digital technology use and adolescents' mental health. When we do see associations, they are tiny and in the opposite direction of what the current fear mongering would predict.
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Where young people see their family ranked in society can be a stronger signal of whether they are succeeding in work and life than how much money or resources their family has. Our new
@ERiskstudy
paper out today in
@PNASNews
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Postdoc opportunity with
@steveschueller
and me
@UCIrvine
- lots of interesting, big, and digital data to work with! Quant skills and an interest in digital mental health and development a +. Join us close to the beach but also possible to work from afar
#CERES
@Foundation_JF
POSTDOC ALERT! 🚨 Work with
@candice_odgers
and me as part of new
@UCIrvine
@Foundation_JF
#CERES
Center. Looking for candidates w/ interest in kids tech digital mental health w/ strong quant. skills. Remote work possible! Plz share or apply today
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It is 2019 and time to turn a corner in the conversation about young people & digital technologies. Thanks to
@Livingstone_S
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
@mizuko
@aliciablumross
@DrYaldaUhls
for focusing on facts not fears and building a robust science versus screaming about screens.
'We've got the screen time debate all wrong. Let's fix it'
@WIRED
#technology
#screentime
#socialmedia
#facebook
#instagram
#parenting
#gaming
#Fortnite
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My report, Tweens Teens, Tech & Mental Health, with
@mikrobb1
@CommonSense
is out and provides guidance on how to identify when adolescents may be most vulnerable, while acknowledging the critical importance of tech for teens, esp during
#COVID19
.
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Smartphones and teens. It's time for a different approach. Featuring rigorous and balanced research in this area by
@Livingstone_S
@aliciablumross
@ShuhBillSkee
@CommonSense
via
@FortuneMagazine
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Hey Big Tech &
@POTUS
- "now is the perfect time to start investing in digital infrastructure to support kids - the same way we invest in daycares and playgrounds."
@CLLab
@Foundation_JF
@CIFAR_News
@CooneyCenter
@CommonSense
via
@cooneycenter
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Amazing program for early and mid career scholars - it transformed my professional network and life!
The call for applications for our Research Fellowship Program is now open! 🎉 For more information about the eligibility criteria and how to apply, click here:
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Yes! And just to say it again: It’s Easy to Blame Smartphones for Teens’ Mental Health Issues. But It’s Wrong
.
@theNAMedicine
should convene a panel on this. Too many unknowns. It is premature, even irresponsible, to be giving the public advice. I disagree that there is no harm in telling parents to limit their kids' social media time. We have no idea.
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@ShuhBillSkee
@WSJ
Absolutely true. Virtually all 2000+ adolescents reported tech was impairing their health - but no evidence of this if you look at school records, validated psych assessments, or objective measures - the narrative is strong and likely wrong-
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Is digital technology destroying our youth? The media says YES, Scientists say PROBABLY NOT. Full video here, featuring work by
@ShuhBillSkee
@OrbenAmy
@mikey_jensen
@CLLab
Researchers
@Hopelab
and supported by
@Foundation_JF
@CIFAR_News
via
@YouTube
Using data streaming from adolescents' phones, we find no evidence that time spent daily on digital tech negatively impacts teens mental health. When associations are found, they are small and in the opposite direction! New research with
@mikey_jensen
@MadziaGeorge
@MikeRussell5
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So much energy is spent screaming about smartphones harming our kids, absent evidence. It was refreshing to spend the day with
@KayFButterfield
and
@ericakochi
focused on serious threats to children in the digital age - Privacy, Digital Exclusion, and Growing Inequalities
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ACE (adverse childhood experience) scores predict for the population, but may not be the best tool for forecasting the fate of the child in front of you.
@jessiebaldwin
explains why in our latest paper from the
@ERiskstudy
with
@andrea_danese
Excited to share our new study in
@JAMAPediatrics
on population versus individual prediction of poor health from ACEs screening: with
@andrea_danese
. Thread below:
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Great use of twitter, here are a few fantastic women scientists to get you started:
@rebecca_saxe
@sjblakemore
@jtung5
@sara_mostafavi
@gillianrhayes
@msokolow1
@FossilHistory
@kph3k
@ChloeCWong
@alonamarie
@OrbenAmy
@KimberlyGNoble
@pdakean
and too many others to name.
Hey science twitter, I'm co-writing this tweet with 8th graders from West Prep Academy and we want to give their science teachers more examples of scientists that are not
@BillNye
. Who you got for us? We want the ladies!
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Hoping the 2019 brings less fear and more facts about kids & screen time
@ShuhBillSkee
@NIHDirector
via
@WIRED
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Just in time for the new year, a new take on teens and tech with
@develadolescent
@jennDSN
@Prof_Nick_Allen
@JacquelineNesi
@steveschueller
Read more here on how to make digital tech safe and supportive for our kids as they enter the online world.
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Exciting news today for the Child & Brain Development Program. Thank you
@CIFAR_News
for continuing to invest in children and interdisciplinary science
@msokolow1
@CharlesaNelson1
@koborlab
@Binder_Lab
@sara_mostafavi
@NumCog
@jlevmail
@Franklandlab
& many other great scientists!
Top scientists and scholars from around the world have new opportunities for collaboration today with the announcement of CIFAR’s new research portfolio and the expansion of the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs program.
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Also a BIG congrats to Terrie Moffitt, another pioneering woman in science and psychology on the NAS list today!
Congratulations, Dr Leibenluft, Dr Gordon (
@NIMHDirector
), and Dr Nelson (
@CharlesaNelson1
)! A pretty nice representation from Psychology / Psychiatry / Neuroscience!
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Today was a good day to be a prof with a front row seat to
@JMayaHdez
passing her dissertation defense! Thanks to committee members
@steveschueller
@mizuko
and the
@Social_Ecology
Core Program members for the turnout. Follow this new PhD for new work on kids in the digital age!!
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New article led by
@mikey_jensen
showing that - once again - adolescents’ daily tech use may not be to blame...
Fantastic new article from
@candice_odgers
& co!
'There was little consistent evidence that adolescents’ quantity of daily digital technology use detracted from the amount or quality of time they spent interacting with close others (including parents)'
@MikeRussell5
@OrbenAmy
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Thank you for sharing your new
@UvA_AWeSome
findings on adolescents & social media - moving past a 1 size fits all approach with strong theory, methodological rigor, and high quality data. Much needed & well done!
@pmvalkenburg
@LoesKeijsers
@IneBeyens
@IrenevanDriel
@LoesPouwels
Tomorrow at 5.00 pm CET, the team members of Project AWeSome will host a webinar on social media use and adolescent well-being.
Want to join? Register here:
(📸pic = pre-COVID)
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What better way to begin 2021 than to join us
@UCIrvine
as the new Dean of School of
@Social_Ecology
. Science driving solutions, fantastic scholars, and an exciting life by the sea! Please share and reach out if you are interested.
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A reminder these are not ‘effects’ only correlations. So the take home message is tiny associations at best and still no way to sort cause from effect between digital tech use and wellbeing
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
nice work on the open science & clear communication
New research in
@PsychScience
by
@OrbenAmy
&
@ShuhBillSkee
suggesting minimal negative effects of screen time on adolescent well being. Interesting research. Large data bases. Small effect, but consistent negative effects across their papers on self reported screen use.
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Incredible program for early and mid-career scholars! The
@Foundation_JF
is rapidly growing a community of some of the most exciting young researchers from around the world focused on child development - take this opportunity to join them!
The Call for Applications for the globally competitive Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program in
#ChildDevelopment
&
#YouthDevelopment
is now open.
Are you an early or mid-career scholar? Become a JF
#ResearchFellow
!
Deadline: 17 March 2019.
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When
@CIFAR_News
brought together a pediatrician (Boyce) & fly geneticist
@msokolow1
to lead the CBD Program the result was transformative for interdisciplinary science and for promoting child health. What an honor to carry on this tradition with Takao Hensch & the CBD Fellows
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The
@nytimes
reports it may be time to move past a simple take on screentime with
@mikey_jensen
weighing in and sharing what we learned from tracking youth everyday on their phones
Thoughtful article on kids and screentime in NYT magazine out today. Includes quotes from obscure psychology professor in Pacific Northwest. via
@NYTimes
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We are so lucky to work with
@OrbenAmy
and have her leadership on open and developmental science as part of
@ceres_jacobs
Congrats Amy!
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Congrats to the incredible Anna Goldenberg. Just named one of 34 new Canada Research Chairs in AI
@CIFAR_News
joining
@sara_mostafavi
also part of the Child & Brain Dev Program!! We are lucky to have you both!
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Thank you
@CIFAR_News
for investing in childhood and bringing together leading scientists from anthropology, developmental neuroscience, education, genetics, machine learning, neurobiology, pediatrics, & psychology. Excited to be part of the discovery & impact in the next 5 yrs.
How do childhood experiences affect lifelong health?
Child & Brain Development, co-directed by Candice Odgers & Takao Hensch
#CIFARPrograms
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What incredible additions to the
@CIFAR_News
CBD Program! Amazing to have these minds coming together to advance the science of Child & Brain Development
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Allyson Mackey
@ally_mackey
@ChangingBrain
@Penn
, Nadine Provençal
@SFU
@SFU_FHS
@BCCHresearch
, Tomás Ryan
@tcddublin
& Samuel Urlacher
@SSUrlacher
@Baylor
will join our Child & Brain Development program
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Interested in what it means to grow up in the digital age? It turns out that is not all (or even mostly) bad. Learn more here about the science and community we are building
@UCIrvine
@CLLab
to support young people in both offline and online spaces:
“When libraries first opened, people were afraid kids would spend all their time there, reading books and losing their social skills. Today, the No. 1 fight between parents and their children is about time spent online.” The New Digital Divide
#ScreenTime
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Thanks
@ShuhBillSkee
for continuing to set the record straight on unsupported claims about social media effects
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Megan Gunnar -
@CIFAR_News
CBD Fellow receives lifetime achievement award for her many contributions to understanding the biological embedding of early life stress. Incredible career and contributions to the field — and to improving children’s lives
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Congrats to
@DukeSanford
newest PhD and soon to be MD Josh Rivenbark
@JGRiven
. Privileged to have been a part of this important work on social disadvantage, status perceptions, discrimination and health. Study 1 is available here: with much more to come.
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Hey Open Science friends
@BrianNosek
@ShuhBillSkee
@pdakean
and others (pls RT). Teaching grad stats and having students do a mock pre-registration of their analyses, some using original and others secondary data. Any reccs re: existing worksheets, toolkits, or assignments? Thx!
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A big round of applause to Dr. Remy Pages on his defense
@UCIEducation
@UCIrvine
-adding valuable evidence on the long-run impacts of Head Start and Early Childcare; fantastic mentorship from Co-Chairs
@drewhalbailey
& Greg Duncan, with Deborah Vandell keeping us all on our toes!
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Finally, a sane commentary on social media and adolescents from a new survey
@CommonSense
Most
#adolescents
say
#socialmedia
has a positive effect on how they feel.
@jandersonQZ
talked to Ron Dahl and other experts to break down Common Sense Media’s 2018 social media survey.
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Last morning run in Tokyo! Thank you
@IRCN_UTokyo
@CIFAR_News
for 3 fantastic days of science and new partnerships
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Congratulations to an incredible Scholar and Leader in the field! What an honor for the Child Brain Development Program
@CIFAR_News
to have Anna on our team
@msokolow1
@koborlab
@Franklandlab
@CharlesaNelson1
@jlevmail
@sara_mostafavi
@Binder_Lab
Congratulations to CIFAR Fellow Anna Goldenberg on her recent appointment as the first-ever chair in biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence at
@SickKidsNews
. Read more in the
@globeandmail
(cc
@VectorInst
@UofT
)
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Sorry to miss out on the findings! But a BIG congrats from Cohort 1 to the 2019-21
@Foundation_JF
Fellows
@drewhalbailey
@TeodoraBoneva1
@DanielBriley
@garvin_brod
@Moira_Dillon
@katiebehrlich
@dylanggee
Hofer Jolles
@PassionResearch
Stevenson
@EvaTelzer
Viarengo
@jdyeatman
I can assure you it takes ALL selfregulation skills I have at hand to NOT tweet about the research presented here at the
@Foundation_JF
2019 Research Fellows Meeting! It’s so brand new it cannot yet be shared on SoMe. But I can tell you this is exciting stuff!
#lovemyjob
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Canada begins Winning the War on Poverty - lowest poverty rates in 20 years with collective action cited as the driver. The goal has not been ‘giving to the poor’ but working together to lift people out.
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The brilliant
@anya1anya
with insights from
@vjrideout
on why the leaked Facebook data does more to confuse parents and policy makers than it does to actually help adolescents. It is time to move away from stories that sell and towards real solutions.
The WSJ Facebook sting operation claims to have uncovered a smoking gun with youth mental health. Sadly, the research was so bad (asking teens: hey you know that thing that everyone says is bad for you? do you think it is bad for you?), with no data is shared, tells us - nothing.
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Thanks
@APAconvention
@soledadobrien
@mitchprinstein
for the great conversation on how to support our kids in an increasingly digital world.
Kids are actually seeking help for mental health problems online, and they are not finding the solutions.—
@candice_odgers
#APA2022
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New review of apps to support teen mental health - a smart teen & tech centered response to the youth mental health crisis
@steveschueller
@ceres_jacobs
@Surgeon_General
@mitchprinstein
@UCIrvine
Take a peak inside the new One Mind PsyberGuide Teen App guide! Intended for end users, partners/caregivers, providers mental health professionals, app developers, and others interested in teen mental health.
Check out the free guide now!
#Teens
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Thanks
@CIFAR_News
for the opportunity to share our GenAI work with some of the brightest minds in AI at
#AICan2019
with
@sara_mostafavi
@mizuko
@develadolescent
proud to see Canada leading the AI world
Is technology destroying a generation? How can we shape the online world to create opportunities for youth? CIFAR Child & Brain Development co-director and Generation AI lead shares some great insights at
#AICan2019
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And some new research from my fellow Canadians 🇨🇦... always helpful to see the latest findings from these longitudinal cohorts. Does Social Media Push Teens to Depression? New Study Says No
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Thank you
@SRCDtweets
&
@Foundation_JF
for supporting team science AND children in the digital age and to
@develadolescent
@JMayaHdez
@RemyCross3
@megford_files
for keeping our network of incredible scholars together as we moved with the world's children online to learn this year
Development in the Digital Age research talks are now online: updates from seed funded research & emerging insights . Thanks to
@Foundation_JF
@srcdtweets
&
@CLLab
. Great time with
@candice_odgers
@RemyCross3
and everyone!
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Failing to prioritize children & youth in COVID reopening and recovery may have impacts that reach far into the future and under the skin. The good news is that it is not too late to act to protect this generation. Our take
@ConversationCA
with
@koborlab
@RVentSchmidt
& K Schmidt
The long-term biological effects of COVID-19 stress on kids’ future health and development
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A special thanks to our incredible speakers and guests
@KimberlyGNoble
@DrVLeong
@YukieNagai
Masako Myowa
@Franklandlab
@koborlab
@sara_mostafavi
@jlevmail
and of course a big thank you to the robots for helping us launch the next 5 years of the CBD Program!
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A big thanks to the
@Foundation_JF
for supporting
@ceres_jacobs
early career scholars and to
@CIFAR_News
for funding this study focused on how both teachers and students fared in the transition to online instruction during the pandemic with
@aymeealvari
and
@NumCog
One of our scholars Aymee Alvarez Rivero amplifies the voices of the teachers who struggled to educate children in the US and Canada during the height of the pandemic. Read more here .
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Just in case this topic of “what is wrong with kids these days?” comes up at Thanksgiving dinner
@LydiaDenworth
lays out some facts that may surprise guests with smartphone fears.
@CommonSense
@CLLab
@Social_Ecology
@Hopelab
Social media has not destroyed a generation. New findings suggest angst over the technology is misplaced. Check out my report in
@SciAm
.
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
@jeffhancock
@candice_odgers
@tracyadennis
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Relying only on kids’ reports to measure screen time is a real problem - but even if we could measure it perfectly, the real problem is sorting out cause from effect, for that we will need smarter studies not smartphones that can simply count hours online.
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We have been doing EMA with adolescents using their mobile phones since 2008; it has been incredible to watch this rise
@MikeRussell5
@MaddieJGeorge
@mikey_jensen
To those who are doing Ambulatory Assessment research with smartphones (in the US). The most recent Pew Research Center survey suggests 92%+ percent smartphone saturation in ages 18-49.
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Adding 5 more incredible developmental scientists to the "must follow" list
@EECauffman
@HelenLFisher
@Jo_Newbury
@riskyadpathways
@DrYaldaUhls
#femstarchallenge
#womeninscience
Aw, this made my day, thank you
@kph3k
! 5 amazing developmental scientists to follow:
@L_Arseneault
@karmelchoi
@candice_odgers
@agnew_blais
@LRakerd
#femstarchallenge
#womeninscience
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First person I have met in a long time who could name 3 cities in Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 Now that is impressive! Welcome to
@Social_Ecology
Dean
@gouldjonb
@UCIrvine
When we say
@Social_Ecology
has world-class researchers, we're not kidding. Meet Professor
@candice_odgers
. Originally from Saskatchewan, she heads a network that received a $11M grant this past fall. Changing the world! Day 19 of
#90in90
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Maybe it is time for adults to stop arguing about whether digital tech is universally bad or good for adolescents' mental health. The consensus across large scale studies
@OrbenAmy
@ShuhBillSkee
, meta-analyses, narrative reviews, and our daily work is tiny to NO associations.
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Our new paper testing links between genes & geography in children’s future health, behavior and education is online here: with
@Danbelsky
@andrea_danese
@L_Arseneault
@HelenLFisher
@ERiskstudy
Moffitt, Caspi et al.
Have been getting requests for our paper Genetics and Geography if Health, Behavior, and Attainment now out in
@NatureHumBehav
at . You can download the full text from the journal’s website here: or DM me.
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The Child Brain Development Program
@CIFAR_News
is so fortunate to have leaders in AI and Child Health like
@sara_mostafavi
& Anna Goldenberg
@nyulik
in the room.
#InternationalWomensDay
In December, Dr. Sara Mostafavi was named to the first cohort of Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs & recognized as a national leader in developing
#artificialintelligence
&
#machinelearning
for
#precisionmedicine
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomeninSTEM
#BCCHRWomensDay
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Optimistic and smart take on the promise of a COVID vaccine in the near future by
@AbernsteinCIFAR
- with a critical call for ensuring everyone has access
@CIFAR_News
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Fantastic commentary and road map for future research on whether, when and how social media may matter for adolescents' development.
Critical reflections and next steps following on our recent review:
Our commentary on
@candice_odgers
and
@mikey_jensen
review is out in
@TheJCPP
!
@mitchprinstein
@EvaTelzer
and I outline important next steps for understanding how digital media use impacts adolescent development. 🤳🧠
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Excited to be a part of the AI&Society Program
@CIFAR_News
and to bring children into the equations
4 teams have been selected to lead AI & Society workshops in 2019
Read more:
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Our generation AI project aims to prioritize youth in the equations that govern digital spaces to promote equity, safety, and opportunity in the online world. Thx
@CIFAR_News
& our team
@mizuko
@develadolescent
@sara_mostafavi
& Anna Goldenberg
#AICan2019
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For parents worried about their adolescents' smartphone use and mental health
@mikey_jensen
offers sage advice - beware of fear filled headlines and instead focus on spending time learning how to support youth in both offline and online spaces
@blog_bold
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Bringing "actionable insights" from social science to create better content for young people. Incredible leadership by
@DrYaldaUhls
and the Scholars and Storytellers team
@scholarsnstory
in this space.
“Unlocking the power of storytelling to help the next generation thrive and grow” is the mission behind
@scholarsnstory
🧠❤️
Follow for more! 🙌
@DrYaldaUhls
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The jury had a tough job here as
@Gryphire
completed a lifetime of work - and published most of it - for her dissertation. Passive sensing, a large scale review, a novel social media recall method, and qual work too! Bravo Dr Griffieon! @
Monday I defended my
#PhD
thesis about
#socialmedia
and
#wellbeing
at the
@Radboud_Uni
! ⚔️😎 Many thanks to my dear family, friends and colleagues, as well as my paranymphs (
@yoanneke
and Maartje!) and of course my awesome boss ladies
@PlayNiceInst
and
@AnnaLichtwarck
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I feel like we have went down this path before. Oh wait, we have and then showed it didn’t work
"Health Secretary
@Jeremy_Hunt
has instructed the chief medical officer to recommend a “healthy screen time” for children – similar to recommended alcohol units for adults." Social media use 👏 isn't 👏 a 👏 drug. Any policy treating it like one will fail. 1/
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Absolutely true. In fact, they are the most educated, least violent, and most socially connected generation we have seen
We wouldn't be so shocked at the Parkland teenagers if we didn't spend so much time depicting young people as these uniquely one-dimensional, selfish, and vapid caricatures they never were
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I have always wanted Greg Duncan to be refered to as my ‘et al’ thanks
@K_L_Humphreys
for that and for the positive note
No paper has been more influential in my class on poverty and child development than . Intervention targets should be malleable, fundamental, unlikely to develop on their own, and sustained through the child's environment. Thank you
@candice_odgers
et al!
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Deadline for apps closing soon! feb 5. A reminder that the Child & Brain Development program has 3 positions open this year!
@sara_mostafavi
@koborlab
@Binder_Lab
@Franklandlab
@jtung5
@Danbelsky
@msokolow1
@NumCog
@CharlesaNelson1
@rachelariellie
@jlevmail
@CitriAmi
Catapult your career to the next level with the CIFAR
@azrielifdn
Global Scholar program.
Apply now:
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Glad to see that our kids now see what scientists "look like". My 4 yr old daughter asked me recently "can boys actually be scientists too?"
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Deadline for the graduate Research Assistant Post with the
@ERiskstudy
Team extended until Friday March 6! Flexible work hours and the chance to work as part of a team
@SGDPCentreKCL
studying social media and mobility among young people.
Great opportunity for a graduate student to work with the
@ERiskstudy
and
@candice_odgers
, surveying young people’s views of social media use and social mobility at
@SGDPCentreKCL
@KingsIoPPN
. Deadline Friday Feb 28 (!!) Apply here:
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Bravo Ted! Fantastic and methodologically sophisticated work merging logged smartphone and computer use to show that we should continue to question self-reports of screen time!
@cjsewall9
@MaddieJGeorge
@mikey_jensen
@MikeRussell5
@Prof_Nick_Allen
Ted Grover, PhD in Informatics.
The last 5 months have been a whirlwind, but nearly 400 pages later, and after a successful defense today I can happily say I'm PhDone!
@gmark6
@candice_odgers
@padhraic63
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Calling all scholars in the first 5 years of their faculty position! Applications are now open for the
@CIFAR_News
Azrieli Global Scholars Program . Three spots are available in the Child & Brain Development Program this year!!
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Agree with Fairchild that - "Despite the high personal, familial, and societal burden, Conduct Disorder is under-recognised and frequently undiagnosed ... increased and early investments in prevention and treatment will more than pay for itself over time!"
Excited to share our review on
#conductdisorder
in
@DiseasePrimers
with Graeme Fairchild,
@David_J_Hawes
, Paul Frick, William, Copeland,
@candice_odgers
,
@BFranke_lab
& Christine Freitag.
@TheCHBH
@UoB_SoP
@unibirmingham
@UniofBath
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Excited to have the
@hcdeUW
team on board - making
#CERES
stronger with
@juliekientz
@jasoncyip
& Alexis Hiniker!
HCDE Prof Julie Kientz is the UW lead on a newly-created network to improve digital technologies for children, made possible by
@Foundation_JF
's $11 million grant to
@UCIrvine
. Collaborating with Kientz at UW are
@UW_iSchool
's Jason Yip and Alexis Hiniker:
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I always just assumed God was Canadian...
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And why we need a more open, rigorous, and transparent way to answer the questions being asked by parent every day and in the Senate tomorrow. We can - and should - all do better for this next generation.
‘Meta can do better’ Open letter facilitated by
@ShuhBillSkee
@oiioxford
@oxsocsci
@UniofOxford
calls for Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg to act now on adolescent wellbeing
#MetaCanDoBetter
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Congratulations to the newest
@Foundation_JF
Fellows. An impressive group!
Great news! Today, we welcome the newest Jacobs Foundation
#ResearchFellows
cohort. We look forward to introducing the individual Fellows to you over the coming weeks. Like and share to send your congratulations! See more:
#AcademicTwitter
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Great to hear from
@DrYaldaUhls
on kids & tech at the
@washingtonpost
live event. Looking forward to continuing the conversation in California over the next two days thanks to
@SRCDtweets
and
@Foundation_JF
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Thanks Gillian. It turns out that most kids are doing really well in the digital age and, not surprisingly, the biggest threats their health and safety will not disappear by turning off their phones (or their video games)!
If you haven't read this brilliant piece in
@NatureNews
by
@candice_odgers
on cell phones and teens you should. She seriously knows her stuff, and she doesn't think we destroyed a generation (at least not by phones)
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Great advice from the one and only
@gillianrhayes
who leads by example and, I have come to believe, can do almost anything
"When I tell my former colleagues from places like Deloitte and Avanade that I expect to be rejected around 70% of the time, they are shocked."
@gillianrhayes
on the importance of periodically reinventing ourselves
#LifeLongLearning
#Startup
#BOLDblog
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