Publications

Below you will find an overview of our preprints and published papers.

Curious about which project data and variables were used for each paper?

You can find an overview here .

Preprints

Valkenburg, P. M. (2021). The effects of social media use on adult well-being and ill-being: What we know and what we need to know. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nxq8j

Valkenburg, P. M., van Driel, I. I., & Beyens, I. (2021). The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/j6xqz

Pouwels, J. L., Valkenburg, P.M., Beyens, I., Driel, I.I., & Keijsers, L. (2021).Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mdfzj

Valkenburg, P.M., Beyens, I., Pouwels, J.L., van Driel, I.I., & Keijsers, L. (in press). Social media browsing and adolescent well-being: Challenging the “Passive Social Media Use Hypothesis”. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gzu3y

Valkenburg, P. M., Meier, A., & Beyens, I. (in press). Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y8zdg

Verbeij, T., Pouwels, J.L., Beyens, I., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2021). The accuracy and validity of self-reported social media use measures among adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100090

Beyens, I., Pouwels, J. L., van Driel, I. I., Keijsers, L., & Valkenburg, P. M. (in press). Social media use and adolescents’ well-being: Developing a typology of person-specific effect patterns. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ftygp
Preregistration, code and dataset
Siebers, T., Beyens, I., Pouwels, J.L. & Valkenburg, P.M. (2021). Social media and distraction: An experience sampling study among adolescents. Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.1959350.
Preregistration, code and dataset

Valkenburg, P. M., Pouwels, J., Beyens, I., van Driel, I. I., & Keijsers, L. (2021). Adolescents’ social media experiences and their self-esteem: A person-specific susceptibility perspective. Technology, Mind, & Behavior, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000037

Pouwels, J. L., Valkenburg, P.M., Beyens, I., Driel, I.I., & Keijsers, L. (2021). Social media use and friendship closeness in adolescents' daily lives: An experience sampling study. Developmental Psychology, 57(2), 309-323. http://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001148

Valkenburg, P. M., Beyens, I., Pouwels, J. L., van Driel, I. I. & Keijsers, L. (2021). Social media and adolescents’ self-esteem: Heading for a person-specific media effects paradigm. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 56-78. http://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaa039 .

Beyens, I., Pouwels, J. L., van Driel, I. I., Keijsers, L., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2020). The effect of social media on well-being differs from adolescent to adolescent. Scientific Reports, 10 [10763]. http://doi.org//10.1038/s41598-020-67727-7.

van Driel, I. I., Pouwels, J. L., Beyens, I., Keijsers, L.& Valkenburg, P. M. (2019). Posting, scrolling, chatting and snapping: Youth (14-15) and social media in 2019. Universiteit van Amsterdam, Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media (CcaM). Available here.

Preregistration and code available here