Young people’s online communication and its association with mental well-being

Duration: 6 mins

Description

Rebecca Anthony on her CAMH 2023 Special Issue paper ‘Young people's online communication and its association with mental well-being: results from the 2019 student health and well-being survey’.

Learning Objectives

1. Examine the association between online communication with different groups of friends and mental well-being.
2. Explore whether the association between online communication with different groups of friends and mental well-being varies by gender.
3. Investigate how interventions might be tailored to emphasise positive associations between online communication and adolescent well-being with close friends, while limiting harms for those communicating with virtual friends.

Related Content Links

CAMH https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14753588/2023/28/1

About this Lesson

Speakers

Rebecca Anthony

Rebecca Anthony

Research Associate, DECIPHer (Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement) and the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health