Scientific publications

Pedroni, G., Melotto, M., Pedroni, E. Mayen, S., & Camerini, A. L. (2026) Development and validation of the CAPPAC scale to measure multidimensional play in children and adolescents. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43894-x

Mayen, S., & Camerini, A. L. (2025). Exploring parental mediation trajectories and their associations with mental health and autonomy in adolescents: A latent transition analysis. New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251391731.

Camerini, A.-L. (2024). Web browsing reflects and shapes mood. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02010-7

Pedroni, G., & Camerini, A.-L. (2024). The importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent mental health problems during crisis situations: evidence from Corona Immunitas Ticino. Journal of Public. Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02263-6

Camerini, A.-L., Morlino, S., & Marciano, L. (2023). Boredom and digital media use: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Computers 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, 4 (1), 1-27. https://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

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

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 adolescence. Frontiers 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 traits. Computers in Human Behavior, 106731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106731

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 coping. International 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 model. Frontiers 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 activities. New Media & Society. https://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 communication. Communication Research. https://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 studies. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmz031

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 relationships. Child Indicators Research, 11(4), 1159-1174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9472-9.

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.

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

Serious game per la salute, RSI Prima Ora, 2026 (min 30:36-43:15)

Montres connectées pour enfants: outil de liberté pour les plus jeunes ou instrument de surveillance?, Le Temps, 2026

Utilizzo dei telefonini, Camerini: “Tanti litigi? Dati non soprendenti”, Ticinonews, 2025

Droge Internet – Wie lassen sich Kinder schützen?, SWR Kultur Forum, 2025

Soziale Medien: Verbote und Altersgrenzen für Jugendliche, SMC Webinar, 2025

Scuola e digitale, rischi e opportunità, RSI Il Quotidiano, 2025 (min 6:35 - 9:35)

Le amicizie corrono attraverso le app, Azione, 2025

A quanti anni si è pronti per lo smartphone, Rivista 3Valli, 2025

Come ti traccio mio figlio, RSI Modem, 2025

Social addiction, dipendenza senza sostanza, RSI Il Quotidiano, 2024 (min 22:22 - 36:38)

Wie man Kinder vor zu viel Smartphonezeit schützt, Zeit Online, 2024 (dt)

Cellulare e scuola: due mondi in conflitto?, RSI Rete DUE, 2024

Social media e giovani: da gestire o vietare?, La Regione, 2024

Wie schädlich sind Soziale Medien für Jugendliche?, SRF 4 News, 2024 (dt)

»Wir verlernen, uns auf eine Sache zu konzentrieren«, DER SPIEGEL, 24/2024 (dt)

TikTok im Fadenkreuz: Von der Leyen sieht eine Gefahr, Telepolis, 2024 (dt)

Perché il treno non arriva? Colpa di un «evento dovuto a cause esterne», Corriere del Ticino, 2024

Francia, telefonini a bambini e ragazzi con molta moderazione, RSI La1 TG, 2024 (min 17:45 - 25:30)

Wie süchtig macht TikTok, SRF News, 2024 (dt)

Blick in die Feuilletons, mit Anne-Linda Camerini, SRF Kultur, 2024 (dt)

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

Gambara Thovazzi, L. (2025). Measuring Play: Development of a Scale Involving Parents and Adolescents in Italian-Speaking Switzerland, MSc Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini with support from S. Petrocchi e G. Pedroni

Bruni, M. (2025). Socialization in Digital Games among Children and Early Adolescents, MSc Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini with support from S. Petrocchi e M. Melotto

Herentrey, C. (2025). Of knights and princesses: How adolescents inherit - and begin to rewrite - gendered scripts of mental illness: A focus group study. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini with support from D. Weubel

Tuttavilla, F. (2024). Phubbing e qualità delle relazioni familiari: una revisione sistematica. BSc Communication Sciences USI. Relatore di tesi: A.L. Camerini 

D'Esposito, V. (2024). Motivations for social media use and their impact on mental health outcomes in adolescents: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the Mediaticino project. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

Granati Barsini, G. (2024). Investigating the relationship between video gaming and well-being: A secondary data analysis of the intensive longitudinal study on the PowerWash Simulator game. MSc Communication, Management and Health. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini

Marroncini, F. (2024). How active and passive social media use influence adolescents' values: A secondary analysis of Mediaticino data. MSc Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication. Thesis Supervisor: A.L. Camerini with support from S. Petrocchi

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.