Dr Kathy Weston

Our new researcher of the month, Dr Margarita Panayiotou chats to Dr Cassie Rhodes about her recent paper which examines the impact of social media use within the complex systems of adolescent mental health and development. In findings which might surprise listeners, her study showed that for the group of teens studied, social media was one of the least influential factors on mental health with other things like bullying and lack of family support being more significant. Tune in to find out more about what this might mean in practice and how we can cultivate open discussions with young people about healthy social media and smartphone use.