Responses to Skeptics

The Fundamental Flaws of The Only Meta-Analysis of Social Media Reduction Experiments (And Why It Matters), Part 3

The recent meta-analysis of social media experiments achieved a statistically insignificant result only due to a string of errors.

Oct 4 •

The Worst Argument That Social-Media Companies Use to Defend Themselves

Why are tech leaders so adamant about pushing their creations on other people’s kids, while protecting their own?

Sep 16 •

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The Fundamental Flaws of The Only Meta-Analysis of Social Media Reduction Experiments (And Why It Matters), Part 2

Fives types of errors in a recent meta-analysis bias the analysis in the same direction: that there is no effect of social media use on mental health

Sep 10 •

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The Fundamental Flaws of The Only Meta-Analysis of Social Media Reduction Experiments (And Why It Matters), Part 1

A recent meta-analysis contains yet overlooks evidence that multi-week social media reduction experiments consistently improve mental health

Aug 29 •

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How has mental health changed across demographic groups since 2010?

If social media is uniquely beneficial to adolescents in marginalized communities, we might expect to see their rates of anxiety and depression increase…

Jun 20 •

Big News: The Surgeon General Calls for a Warning Label on Social Media

Dr. Murthy is right. The evidence of widespread harm to adolescents is now strong.

Jun 18 •

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Is The Gallup World Poll Reliable?

The way some researchers use the GWP can explain why they fail to find effects of digital technology on youth mental health

Jun 17 •

David Blanchflower

The Global Loss of the U-Shaped Curve of Happiness

Happiness used to be U-shaped by age, with middle age the least happy. Not anymore. Young people are now the least happy.

May 27 •

David Blanchflower

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The Youth Rebellion Is Growing

Seven Gen Z Leaders Working to Reduce the Harms Caused by the Phone-Based Childhood

May 20 •

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Changes in Parents’ Mental Health Did Not Drive the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis

Jean Twenge rebuts another skeptical argument

May 2 •

Suicide Rates Are Now Higher Among Young Adults Than the Middle-Aged

It’s time to update statements about age and suicide

Apr 24 •

The Girls Are Not Alright: Responses to Three Claims that the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Exaggerated

Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.

Apr 11 •

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