scholarly journals Associations between parental media monitoring, media use, and internalizing symptoms during adolescence.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-492
Author(s):  
Laura M. Padilla-Walker ◽  
Laura A. Stockdale ◽  
Ryan D. McLean
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Media Monitoring

scholarly journals Automated Monitoring of Suicidal Adolescents’ Digital Media Use: Qualitative Study Exploring Acceptability Within Clinical Care

10.2196/26031 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e26031
Author(s):  
Candice Biernesser ◽  
Jamie Zelazny ◽  
David Brent ◽  
Todd Bear ◽  
Christina Mair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Suicidal Risk ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Automated Monitoring ◽  
Media Monitoring

Background Monitoring linguistic cues from adolescents’ digital media use (DMU; ie, digital content transmitted on the web, such as through text messages or social media) that could denote suicidal risk offers a unique opportunity to protect adolescents vulnerable to suicide, the second leading cause of death among youth. Adolescents communicate through digital media in high volumes and frequently express emotionality. In fact, web-based disclosures of suicidality are more common than in-person disclosures. The use of automated methods of digital media monitoring triggered by a natural language processing algorithm offers the potential to detect suicidal risk from subtle linguistic units (eg, negatively valanced words, phrases, or emoticons known to be associated with suicidality) present within adolescents’ digital media content and to use this information to respond to alerts of suicidal risk. Critical to the implementation of such an approach is the consideration of its acceptability in the clinical care of adolescents at high risk of suicide. Objective Through data collection among recently suicidal adolescents, parents, and clinicians, this study examines the current context of digital media monitoring for suicidal adolescents seeking clinical care to inform the need for automated monitoring and the factors that influence the acceptance of automated monitoring of suicidal adolescents’ DMU within clinical care. Methods A total of 15 recently suicidal adolescents (aged 13-17 years), 12 parents, and 10 clinicians participated in focus groups, qualitative interviews, and a group discussion, respectively. Data were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Participants described important challenges to the current strategies for monitoring the DMU of suicidal youth. They felt that automated monitoring would have advantages over current monitoring approaches, namely, by protecting web-based environments and aiding adolescent disclosure and support seeking about web-based suicidal risk communication, which may otherwise go unnoticed. However, they identified barriers that could impede implementation within clinical care, namely, adolescents’ and parents’ concerns about unintended consequences of automated monitoring, that is, the potential for loss of privacy or false alerts, and clinicians’ concerns about liability to respond to alerts of suicidal risk. On the basis of the needs and preferences of adolescents, parents, and clinicians, a model for automated digital media monitoring is presented that aims to optimize acceptability within clinical care for suicidal youth. Conclusions Automated digital media monitoring offers a promising means to augment detection and response to suicidal risk within the clinical care of suicidal youth when strategies that address the preferences of adolescents, parents, and clinicians are in place.

How Does Social Media Use Relate to Adolescents’ Internalizing Symptoms? Conclusions from a Systematic Narrative Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene G. Sarmiento ◽  
Chelsea Olson ◽  
GeckHong Yeo ◽  
Y. Anthony Chen ◽  
Catalina L. Toma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Social Media Use

scholarly journals Automated Monitoring of Suicidal Adolescents’ Digital Media Use: Qualitative Study Exploring Acceptability Within Clinical Care (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Biernesser ◽  
Jamie Zelazny ◽  
David Brent ◽  
Todd Bear ◽  
Christina Mair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Suicidal Risk ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Automated Monitoring ◽  
Media Monitoring

BACKGROUND Monitoring linguistic cues from adolescents’ digital media use (DMU; ie, digital content transmitted on the web, such as through text messages or social media) that could denote suicidal risk offers a unique opportunity to protect adolescents vulnerable to suicide, the second leading cause of death among youth. Adolescents communicate through digital media in high volumes and frequently express emotionality. In fact, web-based disclosures of suicidality are more common than in-person disclosures. The use of automated methods of digital media monitoring triggered by a natural language processing algorithm offers the potential to detect suicidal risk from subtle linguistic units (eg, negatively valanced words, phrases, or emoticons known to be associated with suicidality) present within adolescents’ digital media content and to use this information to respond to alerts of suicidal risk. Critical to the implementation of such an approach is the consideration of its acceptability in the clinical care of adolescents at high risk of suicide. OBJECTIVE Through data collection among recently suicidal adolescents, parents, and clinicians, this study examines the current context of digital media monitoring for suicidal adolescents seeking clinical care to inform the need for automated monitoring and the factors that influence the acceptance of automated monitoring of suicidal adolescents’ DMU within clinical care. METHODS A total of 15 recently suicidal adolescents (aged 13-17 years), 12 parents, and 10 clinicians participated in focus groups, qualitative interviews, and a group discussion, respectively. Data were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Participants described important challenges to the current strategies for monitoring the DMU of suicidal youth. They felt that automated monitoring would have advantages over current monitoring approaches, namely, by protecting web-based environments and aiding adolescent disclosure and support seeking about web-based suicidal risk communication, which may otherwise go unnoticed. However, they identified barriers that could impede implementation within clinical care, namely, adolescents’ and parents’ concerns about unintended consequences of automated monitoring, that is, the potential for loss of privacy or false alerts, and clinicians’ concerns about liability to respond to alerts of suicidal risk. On the basis of the needs and preferences of adolescents, parents, and clinicians, a model for automated digital media monitoring is presented that aims to optimize acceptability within clinical care for suicidal youth. CONCLUSIONS Automated digital media monitoring offers a promising means to augment detection and response to suicidal risk within the clinical care of suicidal youth when strategies that address the preferences of adolescents, parents, and clinicians are in place.

scholarly journals Associations between parental media monitoring style, information management, and prosocial and aggressive behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-200
Author(s):  
Laura M. Padilla-Walker ◽  
Laura A. Stockdale ◽  
Daye Son ◽  
Sarah M. Coyne ◽  
Sara C. Stinnett
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
Effects Of Media

Parental monitoring of adolescent media use has been associated with decreased negative effects of media on adolescent behavior, but we know little about the explanatory mechanisms behind these associations. The current study sought to explore the links between parental media monitoring and adolescent behaviors via adolescents’ levels of media disclosure and secrecy. Participants included a national sample of 945 adolescents aged 10–18 years (49% female, 69% European American) taken from a study of adolescent media use. Results suggested that autonomy supportive active and restrictive monitoring were associated with higher levels of media disclosure and lower levels of media secrecy (active only). Controlling active and restrictive monitoring were associated with higher levels of media secrecy. In turn, media disclosure was associated with more prosocial behavior toward family, and media secrecy was associated with less prosocial behavior toward family and more relational aggression. The discussion focuses on adolescent information management (e.g., disclosure and secrecy) as an important mechanism to explain links between parental media monitoring and adolescents’ behavioral outcomes.

scholarly journals Social media use, physical activity, and internalizing symptoms in adolescence: Cross-sectional analysis (Preprint)

10.2196/26134 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Rutter ◽  
Holly M. Thompson ◽  
Jacqueline Howard ◽  
Tennisha N. Riley ◽  
Robinson De Jesús-Romero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Analysis ◽  
Sectional Analysis

Social media use, physical activity, and internalizing symptoms in adolescence: Cross-sectional analysis (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Rutter ◽  
Holly M. Thompson ◽  
Jacqueline Howard ◽  
Tennisha N. Riley ◽  
Robinson De Jesus-Romero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Anxiety Depression

BACKGROUND An overwhelming majority of American adolescents have access to smartphones, and recent estimates suggest that they spend considerable time on social media in comparison to other physical and leisure activities. A large body of literature has established that social media use is related to poor mental health, but the complicated relationship between social media and symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescents is yet to be fully understood. OBJECTIVE Our primary aim was to investigate the effect of social media use on anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents, exploring physical activity as a mediator. METHODS A Qualtrics survey manager recruited adult panel participants between February and March 2019, who indicated they had adolescent children who spoke English. A total of 4,592 adolescent-parent dyads completed the survey, which took approximately 39 minutes. The survey entailed completing online questionnaires assessing various aspects of social media use, psychological symptoms, and psychosocial factors. The average age of adolescent participants was 14.62 (SD = 1.68, [12-17]), and the majority of the adolescent sample was male (52.01%). RESULTS There were significant differences in symptoms based on gender: females reported higher rates of social media use and males reported higher rates of depression. Non-binary and transgender adolescents had higher rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness than the female and male adolescents in the sample. Results showed a positive relationship between social media use and internalizing symptoms, with greater use linked to higher rates of anxiety (r = .26, P <.001), depression (r = .32, P <.001), and loneliness (r = .23, P <.001), replicating prior findings. Physical activity was associated with decreased anxiety and depression symptoms after controlling for other extracurricular activities and social media use ( = -.21, R2 = .24, F (5, 4290) = 266.0, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS More social media use is associated with higher rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness among adolescents, controlling for age and gender. Exercise may protect against the potentially harmful effects of social media in some adolescents. Limitations of the current study include its self-report nature and cross-sectional design. Overall, findings suggest the need to tailor interventions for anxious and depressed youth, and caution against over-involvement in extracurricular activities, including exercise. Future work should examine social media use beyond how much time adolescents spend using social media, and instead focus on the type of social media consumption. CLINICALTRIAL n/a

Exploring Parents’ Intentions to Monitor and Mediate Adolescent Social Media Use and Implications for School Nurses

2020 ◽  
pp. 105984052098328
Author(s):  
Kimberly D. Douglas ◽  
Kandy K. Smith ◽  
Mary W. Stewart ◽  
Jean Walker ◽  
Leandro Mena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Media Monitoring

Social media may promote health and social connectedness, but its misuse and frequency of use may pose risks. Social media use during adolescence requires parental monitoring and mediation to mitigate potentially harmful effects such as depression, anxiety, and risk-taking behaviors. While parents and health care professionals convey concern surrounding exposure to inappropriate content, prolonged screen time, and cyberbullying, appropriate social media monitoring remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to explore parental monitoring and mediation of social media use in adolescents. Online recruitment yielded a nationwide sample ( n = 836) of parents of adolescents. The results of the online survey indicated that parents are concerned about adolescent social media use and endorse positive attitudes toward monitoring. Yet parents perceived little control over monitoring. Findings from this study support the school nurse in promoting healthy social media use, media literacy among parents and adolescents, and the use of screening tools.

Social media use and internalizing symptoms during early adolescence: The role of co-rumination

2021 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Christine McCauley Ohannessian ◽  
Tessa Fagle ◽  
Caroline Salafia
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use
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