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  1. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026). Social media is harming adolescents at a scale large enough to cause changes at the population level. World Happiness Report 2026, Chapter 3.
  2. Lee, A. Y., Lim, C. H. J., Liu, X., Jin, K., Buffone, A., Iyer, R., Rausch, Z. M., Haidt, J., Fast, N. J., Hancock, J. T., & Linos, E. (2026). Measurement of American adolescents’ experiences of online harms: A nationally representative survey. JAMA Pediatrics. (In press).
  3. Park, E., Lim, C. H. J., Rausch, Z., & Haidt, J. (2026). Are school phone restriction policies working? [pre-print] 
  4. Lopes, M. V. V., Branje, K., David, A., Gennara, A., Haidt, J., Rausch, Z., Greb, N., Aslam, A., Lebwohl, J., Chaput, J., & Goldfield, G. S. (2026). Effect of social media constraints on mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experiments. [pre-print]
  5. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026). Two practices that understate the mental health risks associated with adolescent social media use. Perspectives on Psychological Science. (In press)
  6. Sigaud, L., Rausch, Z., McClean, A., & Haidt, J. (2025). Why three studies by Vuorre and Przybylski should not be used to assess the impact of social media on adolescent mental health. Clinical Psychological Science.
  7. Capraro, V., Globig, L., Rausch, Z., Rathje, S., ... Haidt, J., & Van Bavel (2025). A collective review on some potential negative impacts of smartphone and social media use on adolescent mental health: Results from a Delphi process. (under review)
  8. Rausch, Z., & Haidt, J. (2025). Why Ferguson's Meta-Analysis Should Not Be Used to Inform Debates on Social Media's Impact on Adolescent Depression and Anxiety: A Commentary. Psychology of Popular Media. (in press)
  9. McClean, A., Rausch, Z., & Haidt, J. (2025). The effect of broadband access on mental health: A review of instrumental variable studies. [pre-print]
  10. Twenge, J. M., Haidt, J., Lozano, J. & Cummins, K. M. (2022). Specification curve analysis shows that social media use is linked to poor mental health, especially among girls. Acta Psychologica, 224.
  11. Twenge, J., Haidt, J., Blake, A. B., McAllister, C., Lemon, H., & Le Roy, A. (2021). Worldwide increases in adolescent loneliness. Journal of Adolescence. 
  12. Twenge, Blake, Haidt, & Campbell (2020). Commentary: Screens, teens, and psychological well-being: Evidence from three time-use-diary studies. Frontiers in Psychology.
  13. Haidt, J. & Allen, N. (2020). Scrutinizing the effects of digital technology on mental health. Nature, 578, 226-227.
  14. Twenge, J. Haidt, J., Joiner, T., & Campbell, W. K. (2020). Underestimating digital media harm. Nature Human Behavior.