Looking forward to present next Monday 26th at Applied Psychology UCC on 'Digital Inequalities and Adolescent Well-Being'!

Research with amazing PhDs Şeyma Çelik Dr Melissa Bohnert and Postdoc Giampiero Tarantino, funded by DIGYMATEX IrishResearchCouncil (cc: TCD Sociology Trinity Research in Social Sciences Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC))

Also, Melissa Dr Melissa Bohnert: congratulations on getting a fantastic postdoc at UCD School of Education with great researchers (Seaneen Sloan Dr Seaneen Sloan & Jennifer Symonds Prof Jennifer Symonds) on Education, Inequalities and Child Well-Being! Time to celebrate all this Melissa!! 🤩

So excited to have passed my PhD viva with minor revisions! Thanks so much to my examiners Kat Chzhen and Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ for their amazing questions and feedback, and to my supervisor Pablo Gracia for the incredible support!

New research based on data from the Growing Up in Ireland study found a “sharp increase” in engagement with digital activities between the ages of nine and 13. independent.ie/irish-news/too… #Ireland #children #Internet #use #wellbeing Pablo Gracia Dr Melissa Bohnert

A new study by DIGYMATEX researchers, Dr Melissa Bohnert and Pablo Gracia of the department of sociology at Trinity College Dublin, found heavier use of screen time was associated with increased negative effects, such as hyperactvitiy and conduct issues.

Great to see research from TCD getting attention in the national media! Congratulations Dr Melissa Bohnert

Read the article 'Too much internet use ‘makes children behave worse’' here 👉independent.ie/irish-news/too…

#researchMATTERS

Another article on our recent study on adolescent digital use, well-being, and social inequality!

Pablo Gracia J of Adolescence
independent.ie/irish-news/too…

New article about our recent study on #digitaluse , #childwellbeing , and #socialinequality out today in the Irish Examiner!

irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4114…

Congratulations to Mengxuan (Suri) Li Suri Li @surili.bsky.social on her Alan C. Kerckhoff Award at #rc28paris for her paper on poverty and child development in Ireland (using data from GrowingUpinIreland)!

The first paper of my PhD with Pablo Gracia has been published in Advances in Life Course Research!

We study how the transition into parenthood shapes gender differences in mental health trajectories using UK Understanding Society data.

Available open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr…

It was so great to present my research on adolescent digital use, gender, and mental health today at #PAA2023 ! Thanks to all who came by!

Very excited to be presenting a poster at this year's #PAA2023 ! Please stop by if you're interested!