Digital media and wellbeing among children and adolescents in Ticino

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  • Scientific publications 2023

    Camerini, A.-L., Morlino, S., & Marciano, L. (2023). Boredom and digital media use: A systematic review and meta-analysisComputers in Human Behavior Reports, 11, 100313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2023.100313

    Marciano, L., Albanese, E., Viswanath, K., & Camerini, A. L. (2023). The protective role of social-oriented digital media use in children’s and adolescents’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic: A latent growth curve model. European Journal of Health Communication, (1), 1-27https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2023.101

    Marciano, L., Viswanath, K., Morese, R., Camerini, A. L. (2023). Screen time and adolescents' mental health before and after the Covid-19 lockdown in Switzerland: A natural experiment. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2616. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.981881

  • Scientific publications 2022

    Peralta GP, Camerini A-L, Haile SR, Kahlert CR, Lorthe E, Marciano L, Nussbaumer A, Radtke T, Ulyte A, Puhan MA & Kriemler S (2022). Lifestyle Behaviours of Children and Adolescents During the First Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland and Their Relation to Well-Being: An Observational Study. International Journal of Public Health, 67, 1604978. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604978

    Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A. L. (2022). How do depression, duration of internet use and social connection in adolescence influence each other over time? An extension of the RI-CLPM including contextual factors. Computers in Human Behavior, 136, 107390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107390

    Camerini, A.-L., Albanese, E., & Marciano, L. (2022). The impact of screen time and green time on mental health in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 7, 100204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100204

    Camerini, A. L., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., Ort, A., & Petrocchi, S. (2022). Exploring the emotional experience during Instant Messaging among young adults: An experimental study incorporating physiological correlates of arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 840845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840845

    Marciano, L., & Camerini, A. L. (2022). Duration, frequency, and time distortion: Which is the best predictor of problematic smartphone use in adolescents? A trace data study. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263815. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263815

    Pedalino, F., & Camerini, A. L. (2022). Instagram use and body dissatisfaction: The mediating role of upward social comparison with peers and influencers among young females, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 1543. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031543

    Marciano, L., Driver, C.C., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A. L. (2022). Dynamics of adolescents’ smartphone use and well-being are positive but ephemeral. Scientific Reports,1316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05291-y

    Marciano, L., Ostroumova, M., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A. L. (2022). Digital media use and adolescents' mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 793868. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.793868

    Marciano, L., Camerini, A. L., & Schulz, P. J. (2022). Neuroticism and Internet addiction: What is next? A systematic conceptual review. Personality and Individual Differences, 185, 111260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111260

  • Scientific publications 2021

    Marciano, L., Camerini, A. L., & Morese, R. (2021) The developing brain in the digital era: A systematic review of structural and functional correlates of screen time in adolescenceFrontiers in Psychology, 12, 671817. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671817

    Marciano, L., & Camerini, A. L. (2021). Recommendations on screen time, sleep, and physical activity: Associations with academic achievement in Swiss adolescents. Public Health, 198, 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.027

    Annoni, A. M., Petrocchi, S., Camerini, A. L., & Marciano, L. (2021). The relationship between social anxiety, smartphone use, dispositional trust, and problematic smartphone use: A moderated mediation model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2452. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052452

    Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A. L. (2021). How smartphone use becomes problematic: Application of the ALT-SR model to study the predicting role of personality traitsComputers in Human Behavior, 106731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106731

  • Scientific publications 2020

    Antonietti, C., Camerini, A. L., & Marciano, L. (2020) The impact of self-esteem, family and peer cohesion on social appearance anxiety in adolescence: Examination of the mediating role of copingInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 1089-1102, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2020.1858888

    Filipponi, C., Petrocchi, S., & Camerini, A. L. (2020). Bullying and substance use in early adolescence: Investigating longitudinal and reciprocal effects over three years using the random intercept cross-lagged panel modelFrontiers in Psychology, 11, 571943. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571943

    Petrocchi, S., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., & Camerini, A. L. (2020). “What you say and how you say it” matters: An experimental evidence of the role of synchronicity, modality, and message valence during smartphone-mediated communication. PloS ONE, 15(9), e0237846. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237846

    Camerini, A.L., Gerosa, T., & Marciano, L. (2020). Predicting smartphone addiction in adolescence: A latent class regression analysis of online and offline activitiesNew Media & Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820948809 (free access to accepted manuscript: https://susi.usi.ch/usi/documents/325167)

    Marciano, L., Petrocchi, S., & Camerini, A.L. (2020). Parental knowledge of children’s screen time: The role of parent-child relationship and communicationCommunication Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220952227 (free access to accepted manuscript: https://susi.usi.ch/usi/documents/325169)

    Camerini, A.L., Marciano, L., Carrara, A., & Schulz, P.J. (2020). Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among children and adolescents: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Telematics & Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.101362

    Marciano, L., Schulz, P.J., & Camerini, A.L. (2020). Cyberbullying in youth: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studiesJournal of Computer-Mediated Communicationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmz031

  • Scientific publications 2019

  • Scientific publications 2018

    Camerini, A.L., Schulz, P.J., & Jeannet, A.M. (2018). The social inequalities of internet access, its use, and the impact on children’s academic performance: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Switzerland. New Media & Society, 20(7), 2489-2508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817725918.

    Camerini, A.L., & Schulz, P.J. (2018). Social desirability bias in child-report social well-being: Evaluation of the Children's Social Desirability Short Scale using Item Response Theory and examination of its impact on self-report family and peer relationshipsChild Indicators Research, 11(4), 1159-1174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9472-9.

  • Other publications

    Marciano, L., & Camerini, A.L. (2022). Lo smartphone: alleato o nemico? Let's Science supported by IBSA Foundation and Dipartimento dell'Educazione, della Cultura, e dello Sport Canton Ticino.

    Götz, M., Mendel, D., Lemish, C., ..., Camerini, A.L. et al. (2020). Children, COVID-19 and the media: A study on the challenges children are facing in the 2020 coronavirus crisis. TelevIZIon, 33, E.

    Camerini, A.L., Blaya, C., Gozansky, Y., & Abu-Kishk, H. (2022). Living in different parts of multicultural countries in the crisis: Results from Switzerland and Israel. In: Götz, M., & Lemish, D. (Eds.) Children and Media Worldwide in a time of a Pandemic (pp. 99-112). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b19325

    Camerini, A.L., & Marciano, L. (2020). Media use and academic achievement. In: J. Van den Bulck (Ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0223

    Camerini, A.L., & Schulz, P.J. (2019). Two perspectives are better than one: Applying the actor-partner interdependence model to self-report media studies with children and their parents. In: Naab, T., Kühne, R., & Peter, C. (Eds.) Measuring Media Use and Exposure: Recent Developments and Challenges (pp. 90-113). Herbert von Halem Verlag.

    Camerini, A.L., Cafaro, T., Vanetta, F., & Schulz, P.J. (2017). L'uso dei media, il rendimento scolastico e il comportamento sociale degli allievi a scuola. Scuola Ticinese, 328, 51-55.

    Camerini, A.L., Quinto, S., & Cafaro, T. (2015). L’uso dei media, il rendimento scolastico e il comportamento sociale degli alunni a scuola. Scuola Ticinese, 322, 69-73.

    Schulz, P.J., Quinto, S., & Cafaro, T. (2013). Accesso ai media, uso dei media e rendimento scolastico: primi risultati di un’indagine pilota in due classi di scuola elementare. Scuola Ticinese. 318, 11-13.

  • Workshops and conferences

    Social Media and Well-Being: A multi-disciplinary dialogue, 26th to 28th June 2023, Lugano, Switzerland
    Scientific exchange workshop organized by USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness

    Children and Adolescents in a Mobile Media World, 31st October 2018, Lugano, Switzerland
    Pre-conference to ECREA’s 7th European Communication Conference organized by the USI Università della Svizzera italiana and the ECREA TWG: Children, Youth and Media

  • Press, media and events

    I dolori del non più giovane Zuckerberg, RSI Info, 2024

    Premio Möbius Multimedia Lugano 2023, USI, 2023

    TikTok sotto la lente al Möbius, Millevoci Rete Uno, 2023

    Risposta alla proposta di Cina di limitare l'internet per i giovani (circa 12:18-15:38), RSI Telegiornale, 2023 

    Due minuti per essere real, Azione, 2023

    L'idea controcorrente: «Ai giovani i social non fanno per forza male», Tio, 2023

    Social, l'eccesso uccide l'autostima: il confronto con influencer e bellezze photoshoppate altera l’immagine che abbiamo di noi stessi, Il Messaggero, 2023

    Relazioni pericolose: giovani e social media, RSI Modem Giovani, 2023

    Fare ricerca ad Harvard, #SPAM RSI, 2023

    Smartphone, adolescenti e genitori, USI News, 2022

    Cosa mostriamo dei nostri figli sui social?, Ticinonews, 2021

    Social media e adolescenza: forgiare il proprio sé nella rete, #USI25, 2021

    Suicidio: Meglio parlarne, RSI News online, 2021

    Il rapporto dei giovani con i social media: ecco perché non si può generalizzare, CORSI, 2021

    I nuovi media nella vita dei ragazzi, Migros Azione, 2021

    Predicting problematic smartphone use over time in adolescence, USI Speakers' Corner, 2020

    La divulgazione scientifica: Intervista a Anne-Linda Camerini, Psicologi Digitali, 2019

    La qualità della vita iperconnessa: Intervista a Laura Marciano, Psicologi Digitali, 2019

    Smartphone nella vita dei giovani ticinesi, Tele Ticino TG Talk, 2019

    Allievi, occhi sul telefono non sui libri, Corriere del Ticino, 2019

    Smarteenagers, RSI Rete 2, 2018

    Lo studio sui telefonini nelle scuole medie ticinesi, RSI Rete 1 Albachiara, 2018

    Le reazioni: Espellere gli smartphone, un passo che divide, Corriere del Ticino, 2018

  • Theses

    Carcuro, M. (2023). Internalizing factors and adolescents' deviant behaviours: A longitudinal examination of self-esteem, FoMO and autonomy in Ticino. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Russo, C. (2023). Come l'uso dei social media è associato alle relazioni romantiche: Una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini 

    Spiatta, V. (2023). Come i feedback sui social media sono correlati con l'autostima: Una revisione sistematica della letteratura scientifica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Caruso, S. (2023). Exploring the associations of exposure to medical influencers on social media and users’ sexual health behaviour: A cross-sectional study. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini 

    Pedroni, G. (2023). The importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent mental health problems during crisis situations: Evidence from Corona Immunitas Ticino. MSc Health Sciences and Technology ETHZ. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini 

    Gasperoni, G. (2023). Quando la solitudine porta all’uso problematico dei social media negli adolescenti: Un’analisi di mediazione. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Popovic, D. (2022). L’impatto dell’uso dei social media su solitudine e depressione nei giovani: Uno studio longitudinale al tempo della pandemia da Covid-19. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Ostroumova, M. (2021). Uso dei nuovi media e benessere psico-fisico negli adolescenti e giovani adulti durante la pandemia del Covid-19: una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini with support from L. Marciano.

    Matic, I. (2021). Social media e FoMO: una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Magalhaes Dos Santos, R. (2020). Media e sviluppo cognitivo nei bambini: una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini con supporto di L. Marciano.

    Tettamanti, D. (2020). Fattori legati all'effetto bystander nel cyberbullismo tra adolescenti: una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Pedalino, F. (2019). Instagram use and body dissatisfaction: the role of social comparison and social appearance anxiety among female adolescents and young adults. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Baqaj, G. (2018). How social media networks influence the perceptions and mental well-being of young adults: A quasi-experiment on students at USI. MSc Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Mubashar Sheikh, H. (2017). Exposure to celebrities on social media and body dissatisfaction: the role of parasocial identification and social comparison as moderators amongst young adults. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

    Franscella, G. (2017). Impatto dello stato socioeconomico sull'uso degli smartphones negli adolescenti ticinesi e sul controllo da parte dei genitori. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: P.J. Schulz.

    Mongillo, F. (2016). Le reti socio-famigliari e l’utilizzo delle tecnologie da parte dei giovani: Risultati di un sondaggio con allievi di scuola elementare in Ticino. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisors: A.L. Camerini & P.J. Schulz.

    Mattarelli, G. (2014). Il social network di una classe delle medie: Dai leaders, ai gruppi di amici, fino agli outsiders. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: P.J. Schulz.

    Quinto, S. (2013). L’uso dei media da parte dei giovani ed il rendimento scolastico: Risultati di un pilot study. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Thesis Supervisor: P.J. Schulz.