Online Behaviours and the Impact on Mental Health: Insights from the OxWell Student Survey

Duration: 17 mins DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25573

Description

The ‘Insights from the OxWell Student Survey‘ series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the OxWell study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers and mental health professionals. In this episode, Dr. Simona Skripkauskaite and Dr. Holly Bear comment on the findings from the OxWell survey regarding online behaviours and the association with young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Learning Objectives

1. Adolescents’ self-reported online behaviours and the specific variables investigated.
2. The association between online behaviours and anxiety and depression symptoms.
3. Associations between screen time, the type of content being accessed, and mental health.
4. Differences across age and gender.
5. The type of analysis used, and plans for implementing and disseminating the findings.

About this Lesson

Speakers

Dr. Holly Bear

Dr. Holly Bear

Senior postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

Dr. Simona Skripkauskaite

Dr. Simona Skripkauskaite

PostDoctoral Researcher working across the departaments of Psychiatry and Experiemntal Psychology at the University of Oxford

}