PROJECT LEADERS
Sophia Choukas-Bradley (PI)
Brian Galla (co-PI; Pitt School of Education)
COLLABORATORS
Emily Weinstein
Carrie James
Beck Tench
(All of the Center for Digital Thriving of Harvard's Project Zero)
In 2017-2018, I collaborated with Brian Galla to develop a brief values-alignment social media intervention, which we tested through an RCT and published in Child Development. This intervention aims to motivate adolescents to take control over their social media.
In 2022, we joined forces with Emily Weinstein, Carrie James, and Beck Tench of Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education) to further develop and disseminate intervention materials, with funding from the Susan Crown Exchange. Subsequently, Weinstein and James received a large center grant from Susan Crown Exchange and Pivotal Ventures to found the Center for Digital Thriving. Galla and I received an associated grant to fund our continued development and evaluation of resources and intervention materials.
We aim to integrate evidence-based techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy, and we are working with teachers and youth to create engaging educational materials that can be disseminated across schools.
To see our first set of intervention materials, visit the Center for Digital Thriving resources page.