Youth and Social Media
Youth & Social Media
Community-Engaged Research
In 2022-2023, we interviewed clinicians and professionals who work with youth on their perceptions about social media use. These stakeholders shared about the positive and negative aspects that teens may face when using social media.
Importantly, the benefits include connecting with friends and having an outlet to share interests and explore who they are. The most prominent risk shared was cyber-victimization and seeing content that was harmful to teens’ well-being or self-esteem. We share more about these perspectives and resources to help teens navigate social media in safe and healthy ways.
Dr. Heide Rollings talks with eightWest about the positive and negative aspects of social media and how to protect children and teens. (Click here or on the image above to watch on WOODTV8’s eightWest website.)
Recommended Youth & Social Media Resources
There are many resources available to parents, clinicians, and teens on how to navigate social media use. See the following links for more resources.
Learn About Our Team Members
Let us know if you’d like to share additional links or request specific information to be shared, or if you are a clinician who is seeking additional training or support, please send us an email at youthsocialmedia@pinerest.org.
Tips & Info From Pine Rest Experts
Bullying Prevention: What to Know
These bullying prevention tips can help adults take action when a child is struggling.
Social Media and Eating Disorders: A Growing Concern for Youth
Young people today spend an extraordinary amount of time online, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. While there are benefits to digital connectivity, the risks are significant.
Technology: Friend or Foe
Technology consumption, in balance, produces young adults who can successfully live in a technology-based culture. The best way to inoculate children to technology is by developing and utilizing family screen time boundaries.
Tips for Helping Your Child Deal with Cyberbullying
Bullying has been an issue that children and adolescents have struggled with for a long time, however today’s ever-present technology and social media accessibility has allowed a new form of bullying to emerge.
Support for this site and our community-engaged research was provided by MICHR (NIH grant number UM1TR004404).
