Project Grant R01MH137444

Award Date 8/20/24
Completion Date 5/31/29
Dollars Obligated $843K
Funding Federal Agency
Office of the Director
Federal Grant Program
93.310
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Providence, RI 02903, USA

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (CFDA 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support), will support a longitudinal study on the mechanisms by which adolescents' social media use may contribute to internalizing symptoms like depression and anxiety. The $843,097 award will enable researchers at Rhode Island Hospital, with sub-awards to the University of Pittsburgh and Brown University, to recruit 200 youth (ages 13-16) and assess their social media experiences, beliefs, and emotional responses through an innovative online experimental paradigm. The study aims to: 1) identify specific social media experiences that increase adolescents' risk for subsequent internalizing symptoms, 2) test a longitudinal model of how adolescents' beliefs about social media predict high-risk engagement and internalizing symptoms, and 3) examine moderation effects of gender and age. This research is expected to provide new insights into the mechanisms by which social media influences adolescent mental health and identify potential intervention targets to support healthy social media use.

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