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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months.

Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jul 16

I am honoured to have been selected as Researcher of the Month by Tooled Up Education! ⬇️

You can find the podcast interview where I discuss my latest research here: open.spotify.com/episode/7God...

And the article with a summary here: www.tooledupeducation.com/research/do-...

Researcher of the Month: Luisa Fassi Discusses Researcher of the Month: Luisa Fassi Discusses Social Media Use in Teens With and Without Mental Health Conditions

Dr Kathy Weston's Get a Grip! Parenting Podcast · Episode

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Livia Tomova @livia-tomova.bsky.social · Jul 16

Absolutely thrilled to have been awarded an 8-year Wellcome Career Development Award to investigate how loneliness affects young people's brains and minds!! Grateful for the support and excited for the road ahead!
@wellcometrust.bsky.social

www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

The impacts of loneliness in young people

£1.5 million investment into the impacts of loneliness on the brains of young people.

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jul 16

Massive congrats and so well deserved!⭐

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jul 16

Very excited for this preprint to be out, led by the stellar @tommetherell.com ⬇️

Leveraging data linkage of secondary care records, we examine the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses.

Tom Metherell @tommetherell.com · Jul 14

We have a ✨NEW PREPRINT✨! Using data from the @clscohorts.bsky.social Millennium Cohort Study and linked healthcare records, we tested the association between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in young people in England. This is still a work in progress - feedback welcome!

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jul 8

Characterising the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in adolescents in England: https://osf.io/87cze

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Elisa Baek @elisabaek.bsky.social · Jun 16

Wrapping up #ica25 with @rzhprfshr.bsky.social presenting our work with @joebayer.bsky.social reviewing the research under the broad umbrella of “social connection”. And perfect timing because the paper was published TODAY at @natrevpsychol.nature.com 🥳 rdcu.be/erayE

The four conceptualizations of social connection

Nature Reviews Psychology - The term ‘social connection’ is operationalized differently across disparate strands of research. In this Review, Baek et al. highlight four distinct uses of...

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you @tamsinford.bsky.social for your support in this journey!

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks 🙏⭐

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you @lakens.bsky.social! Thanks for the very insightful chats over the course of the phd :)

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jun 5

Very excited and grateful to receive the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award for my PhD thesis!

A special thanks to the Institute, the organisers and my wonderful PhD supervisors @orbenamy.bsky.social & @tamsinford.bsky.social.

More info: psychoftech.substack.com/p/congratula...

Nate Fast @natefast.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're excited to announce the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award winners! Please join us in congratulating them!

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Øystein Sørensen @osorensen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ecological momentary assessment data are everywhere these days. In psychology, dynamic structural equation models (DSEMs) are particularly attractive for analyzing such data. In this paper Ethan McCormick and I show how you can easily incorporate nonlinear trends and cycles using splines.

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Amira Skeggs @amiraskeggs.bsky.social · May 15

New Perspective out in @nathumbehav.nature.com today with co-author @orbenamy.bsky.social!

We propose a new framework for designing 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that support well-being, grounded in self-determination theory 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media interventions to improve well-being - Nature Human Behaviour

In this Perspective, the authors review current interventions on social media use among adolescents and propose a new theoretical model based on self-determination theory to guide the effective design...

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you for sharing @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social!

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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · May 6

What's the relationship between social media use and mental health problems in adolescents? A Registered Report by @fassiluisa.bsky.social et al examined this question using a nationally representative UK sample. #socialmedia #mentalhealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 7

@olademk.bsky.social could I be added? Thank you! :)

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · May 6

📊 New research led by Luisa Fassi (@fassiluisa.bsky.social) and involving Prof Andy Przybylski (@shuhbillskee.bsky.social) of the OII reveals that adolescents with mental health conditions engage with social media differently than their peers.

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 6

Important new study about social media use in vulnerable young people:

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you!

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · May 6

Great new study that will contribute usefully to the social media and mental health question. It uses more detailed assessment of both social media use and mental health, which has been a bit issue with previous research.
This study shows that...

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you for this great summary @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social!

Very much echo the key takeaway that some offline experiences and symptoms for youth with mental health conditions are mirrored in their online lives.

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

For a lay summary: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Adolescents with mental health conditions use social media differently than their peers, study suggests

One of the first studies in this area to use clinical-level diagnoses reveals a range of differences between young people with and without mental health

www.cam.ac.uk

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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · May 6

I am so excited that this is now out. An absolutely **mammoth** amount of work, please give this thread a read ⬇️💪💪

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

🙏 Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors for this big team effort:
@amandaferg.bsky.social
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
@tamsinford.bsky.social
@orbenamy.bsky.social

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

❗The data is cross-sectional, so we can’t draw conclusions about causality, including the effects of social media use on mental health conditions or vice versa.

⏭️ These findings offer initial insights for clinical practice and future research on social media use in youth clinical groups.

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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

💡Our results show that adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, especially those with internalising conditions, engage with social media in distinct ways.

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