# Tech & Society Lab | Academic Publications

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##  Academic Publications

Here is a comprehensive list of our academic publications.

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##  Highlights

- Academic Research

##  [Social Media is Harming Adolescents at a Scale Large Enough to Cause Changes at the Population Level](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/social-media-harming-adolescents-scale-large-enough-cause-changes-population-level-0)
- Academic Research

##  [Measurement of American Adolescents’ Experiences of Online Harms: A Nationally Representative Survey](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/measurement-american-adolescents-experiences-online-harms-nationally-representative-survey)
- Academic Research

##  [ Effect of Social Media Constraints on Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Experiments](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/effect-social-media-constraints-mental-health-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-experiments)

##  Full List

1. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026). [Social media is harming adolescents at a scale large enough to cause changes at the population level](https://www.worldhappiness.report/ed/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](https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hksru_v1). *JAMA Pediatrics*. (In press).
3. Park, E., Lim, C. H. J., Rausch, Z., & Haidt, J. (2026). [Are school phone restriction policies working?](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7443619) \[pre-print\]
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.](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.01.26354614v1) \[pre-print\]
5. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026). [Two practices that understate the mental health risks associated with adolescent social media use](https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2re6w). *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](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026261425910?__cf_chl_f_tk=oHm27xHB0SjVsRNzsT_kkj1qsKICl6XnMKrKIn2QPsc-1783402921-1.0.1.1-ail0HVmMteYITw68jIIub86NeDNuKOmji0Uc6kRWYz8). *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](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5256747). (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](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5224958). *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](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5188105). \[pre-print\]
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](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822000270). *Acta Psychologica, 224*.
11. Twenge, J., Haidt, J., Blake, A. B., McAllister, C., Lemon, H., & Le Roy, A. (2021). [Worldwide increases in adolescent loneliness](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.06.006). *Journal of Adolescence*.
12. Twenge, Blake, Haidt, & Campbell (2020). [Commentary: Screens, teens, and psychological well-being: Evidence from three time-use-diary studies](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00181/full). *Frontiers in Psychology*.
13. Haidt, J. & Allen, N. (2020). [Scrutinizing the effects of digital technology on mental health](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00296-x?sf229901900=1). *Nature*, 578, 226-227.
14. Twenge, J. Haidt, J., Joiner, T., & Campbell, W. K. (2020). [Underestimating digital media harm](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0839-4). *Nature Human Behavior*.