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Pulse Survey (Mar 2023) — How Teens View Parental Rules & Online Safety Features March 17, 2023 The Digital Wellness Lab connects with adolescents regularly throughout the year using short Pulse Surveys to help us better understand their perspectives on “hot button” topics related to technology and… Read More
Benefits of Video Game Play: Content and Context Matter November 18, 2022 Sam Schwamm is a research intern with the Lab and provides support on multiple Lab projects, assisting in data collection, management, and analysis. His academic and professional interests center on… Read More
What’s Going With Us: A Guide for Parents from a Teen October 26, 2022 Ibne Tamim is a senior at Manhattan Center For Science and Mathematics High School in New York City. Her passion and interest in behavioral and cognitive psychology inspired her to… Read More
How You (and Your Kids) Can Feel Empowered by Social Media October 24, 2022 Carmelita (Cat) Tiu is passionate about personal growth, positive psychology, raising good humans and doing what you can with what you've got. She's a mom of two girls, attorney, consultant,… Read More
What the Pandemic Did to Us: My Experience and a Little Advice for Parents October 20, 2022 About the author: Allison Flewelling is a Peabody Memorial High School student interested in a career in medicine. During the summer of 2022, she was a COACH intern with the… Read More
Intern Spotlight: Sam Schwamm October 13, 2022 Meet our graduate research intern, Sam Schwamm! Sam is a second-year Master’s student in the Eliot-Pearson Child Study and Human Development program at Tufts University. He joined the Digital Wellness… Read More
Michael Carter, Ph.D, Adds to the Lab’s Expertise September 12, 2022 Within his role as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Digital Wellness, Michael will work with the Lab to investigate ways to advance the design of interactive media for the health… Read More