What teens see and do online matters.
New research from our team looks at how digital experiences relate to mental health & what we can do about it.
A must-read for parents, educators, and mental health researchers and policymakers.
Young people have given insights into what mental health support they prefer and what does not work for them or meet their needs, as part of a new study.
The findings used data from nearly 24,000 people aged between 11-18 who participated in @oxwell.bsky.social survey⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-12...
Ahead of our national webinar this afternoon, OxWell PI Mina Fazel summarises some of the key areas we're looking into & how we're amplifying young voices to lead to real-world change.
*New research* from team members @emmasoneson.bsky.social, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social, Puneetha Goli & @simonrwhite.bsky.social on adolescents' concerns about taking part in health & well-being research.
Full text here: www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
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Social jetlag = the mismatch between social & biological time ✈️😴
Our new @oxwell.bsky.social study of ~20K #children & #adolescents shows an average jetlag of ~2 hrs 🕑 .
⬆️ jetlag was associated w/ weekend bedtime setting 🛌, & #socialmedia use 📱 and #gaming 🎮 before #sleep
Read more below 👇
With the fantastic Gaby Illingworth, Tanya Manchanda, @drskripka.bsky.social, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & Felicity Waite!
Scenes from our booth today at the Westgate! Great to meet so many #OxWellStudents, families, and teachers; share some early 2025 results & hear what they think we should be doing with the findings.
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Great to see Lea Satala presenting her OxWell findings at the @nihr.bsky.social Undergraduate Internship Programme Celebration Event in London this morning!
Lea undertook an 8-wk internship with @oxchildpsych.bsky.social last summer & did some really impactful work around adolescent self-harm.
We were really pleased that this report engaged so thoughtfully with our findings, making sure #youthvoice really is central in everything we do in children & young people's #mentalhealth.
Watch/listen/read to see what @drhollybear.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social made of the report ⬇️
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Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.
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Young people have given important insights into what mental health support they prefer and what does not work for them or meet their needs, as part of a major new study of thousands of adolescents.
Smartphone use has risen rapidly amongst adolescents over the last decade, as has the rates of common mental disorders. This has raised widespread concerns about direct links between adolescents’ gene...
