UMN Teen Social Media Study

Xiaoran Sun, assistant professor of Family Social Science and PI of our lab, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant entitled, "Adolescents' Social Media Management Strategies: Bidirectional Links to Objective Social Media Use and Mental Health Outcomes." (1R01MH138929). The grant is a 4-year award funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH, for a total amount of $2,750,433. 

• This NIMH-funded study is focused on 

  • how adolescents manage their social media use on a daily basis,

  • how their social media use management strategies influence their actual social media use,

  • and how their strategies and their use of social media interact with their mental health.

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We are actively looking for participants to join this study! If you are between age 13 to 17, has a smartphone, use social media at least once a week, please contact us at (TeenSocialMedia@umn.edu).

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