Research articles & reports

Below is a selection of research articles relevant to eNurture’s focus on the impact of the digital environment on the mental health of children and young people.

publications by eNurture Grant Holders

Hammond, S. P., Minott, M., D’Arcy, J., et al (2023). A discursive psychological examination of educator’s experiences of children with disabilities accessing the Internet: a role for digital resilience. Information, Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2185103

Hammond, S. P., D’Arcy, J., & Polizzi, G. (2023). Connection brokers: How educators work within and between social networks to cultivate community digital resilience to support children with disabilities using the Internet. New Media & Society. https://doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2185103  

Hammond, S.P., Polizzi, G., & Bartholomew, K. J. (2022) Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8-12-year-olds build and show digital resilience: A multi-perspective and multimethod qualitative study. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11240-z

Hammond, S. P., Young, J., & Duddy, C. (2021). Life story work for children and young people with care experience: A scoping review. Developmental Child Welfare. 10.1177/2516103220985872

Roesch-Marsh, A., McGhee, K. and Gillon, F. (2021) The Digital Divide: The impact on rights of care leavers in Scotland. CELCIS research report on digital exclusion of care leavers.

Adrienne Katz & Aiman El Asam (2021) Refuge and Risk Report: Life Online for Vulnerable Young People. Internet Matters and Youthworks.

Woodward, K., Kanjo, E., Brown, D., Harold, G. & Mcginnity, T.M.. (2021). In the hands of users with Learning Disabilities: Co-Designing Tangible Users Interfaces for Mental Wellbeing. 10.36227/techrxiv.13562693.v1. (Preprint)

El-Asam, A., Katz, A., Street, C., Nazar, N.M., Livanou,M. (2021) Children’s services for the digital age: A qualitative study into current procedures and online risks among service users. Children and Youth Services Review, Vol 122, 105872, ISSN 0190-7409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105872

Katz, A. & El-Asam, A. (2020) Look At Me: Teens, sexting and risks. Internet Matters

Roesch-Marsh, A. (2020) Digital Exclusion and Care Leavers: It's time for social work to join this fight.  Social Work 2020 under Covid-19 Magazine

Woodward, Kieran & Kanjo, Eiman & Brown, David & Inkster, Becky. (2020). TangToys: Smart Toys that can Communicate and Improve Children's Wellbeing. In Proceedings of UbiComp ’20. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/1122445.1122456

Woodward, Kieran & Kanjo, Eiman & Brown, David & McGinnity, Thomas & Inkster, Becky & Tsanas, Athanasios & Macintyre, Donald. (2020). Beyond Mobile Apps: a Survey of Technologies for Mental Well-being. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. 21. 10.1109/TAFFC.2020.3015018.

Woodward, K. & Kanjo, E. (2020). iFidgetCube: Tangible Fidgeting Interfaces (TFIs) to Monitor and Improve Mental Wellbeing, IEEE Sensors Journal, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3031163.

Publications by eNurture Leadership Team members

Sakshi Ghai, Lucía Magis-Weinberg, Mariya Stoilova, Sonia Livingstone, Amy Orben (2022). Social media and adolescent well-being in the Global South, Current Opinion in Psychology, 46 doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101318

Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Thomas Curran, Velvet Spors, Yunfei Long, Antonia Liguori, Melaneia Warwick, Michael Wilson & Paul Crawford (2021) Digital video interventions and mental health literacy among young people: a scoping review, Journal of Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1922642

Thapar, A., Stewart-Brown, S., & Harold, G. T. (2021). What has happened to children's wellbeing in the UK? The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(1), 5-6. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30481-8

Perez Vallejos E, Dowthwaite L, Creswich H, et al. (2021). The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal. January 2021. doi:10.1177/1460458220972750

Bergin, A.D., Vallejos, E.P., Davies, E.B. et al. (2020). Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research. npj Digit. Med. 3, 133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00339-7

Hollis, C., Livingstone, S. and Sonuga‐Barke, E. (2020). Editorial: The role of digital technology in children and young people's mental health – a triple‐edged sword?. J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 837-841. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13302

Kardefelt‐Winther, D., Rees, G. and Livingstone, S. (2020). Contextualising the link between adolescents’ use of digital technology and their mental health: a multi‐country study of time spent online and life satisfaction. J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 875-889. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13280

Kostyrka‐Allchorne, K, Cooper, NR, Simpson, A, Sonuga‐Barke, EJS (2020). Children’s mental health and recreation: Limited evidence for associations with screen use. Acta Paediatr. 2020; 00: 1– 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15292

Livingstone, S. and Stoilova, M. (2019) Using global evidence to benefit children’s online opportunities and minimise risks. Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences. ISSN 2158-2041

Perez, E (2019). Use of Digital Media for Self-Expression in Children and Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Media 17. Elsevier. 187-194

Khan K, Hall CL, Davies EB, Hollis C, Glazebrook C. (2019). The Effectiveness of Web-Based Interventions Delivered to Children and Young People With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Nov 1;21(11):e13478. doi: 10.2196/13478.

Livingstone, S. and Stoilova, M. (2019) Using global evidence to benefit children’s online opportunities and minimise risks. Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences. ISSN 2158-2041.

Creswick H, Dowthwaite L, Koene A, Pérez E, et al (2019) “…they don’t really listen to people”. Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. doi.org/10.1108/JICES-11-2018-0090.

Other relevant publications

Ine Beyens, Loes Keijsers, Sarah M. Coyne (2022). Social media, parenting, and well-being, Current Opinion in Psychology, 47 doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101350

Patti M. Valkenburg (2022). Social media use and well-being: What we know and what we need to know, Current Opinion in Psychology, 45 doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.006

Elettra Ronchi, Andras Molnar and Lisa Robinson (2021) Ensuring a safe and beneficial digital environment for children. OECD Innovation Blog, 1 June 2021

Baldwin, J. R., Ayorech, Z., Rijsdijk, F. V., Schoeler, T., & Pingault, J. B. (2020). Cyber-victimisation and mental health in young people: a co-twin control study. Psychological Medicine, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S0033291720001178

Bevan Jones, R., Stallard, P., Agha, S.S., Rice, S., Werner‐Seidler, A., Stasiak, K., Kahn, J., Simpson, S.A., Alvarez‐Jimenez, M., Rice, F., Evans, R. and Merry, S. (2020), Practitioner review: Co‐design of digital mental health technologies with children and young people. J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 928-940. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13258

Bevan Jones R, Thapar A, Rice F, et al. (2020). A Digital Intervention for Adolescent Depression (MoodHwb): Mixed Methods Feasibility Evaluation. JMIR Ment Health. 2020;7(7):e14536. doi:10.2196/14536

Brietzke, E., Hawken, E. R., Idzikowski, M., Pong, J., Kennedy, S. H., & Soares, C. N. (2019). Integrating digital phenotyping in clinical characterization of individuals with mood disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.009

Demkowicz, O., Ashworth, E., Mansfield, R. et al. (2020). Children and young people’s experiences of completing mental health and wellbeing measures for research: learning from two school-based pilot projects. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 14, 35 . doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00341-7

Fardouly J, Magson NR, Rapee RM, Johnco CJ, Oar EL. (2020). The use of social media by Australian preadolescents and its links with mental health. J Clin Psychol, 76(7):1304-1326. doi:10.1002/jclp.22936

Houghton, S., Lawrence, D., Hunter, S. C., Rosenberg, M., Zadow, C., Wood, L., & Shilton, T. (2018). Reciprocal relationships between trajectories of depressive symptoms and screen media use during adolescence. Journal of youth and adolescence, 47(11), 2453-2467.

Kaess, M., Moessner, M., Koenig, J., Lustig, S., Bonnet, S., Becker, K., Eschenbeck, H., Rummel‐Kluge, C., Thomasius, R., Bauer, S. and (2020), A plea for the sustained implementation of digital interventions for young people with mental health problems in the light of the COVID‐19 pandemic. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13317