Feelings of well-being and happiness fluctuate over time and contexts. Ecological
Momentary Assessment (EMA) studies can capture fluctuations in momentary behavior, and …

The nature of adolescent–parent relationships has been a topic of enduring concern in
developmental science. In this article, we review theory and current research on several …

Ecological Momentary Assessments (ie, EMA, repeated assessments in daily life) are
widespread in many fields of psychology and related disciplines. Yet, little knowledge exists …

The question whether social media use benefits or undermines adolescents' well-being is
an important societal concern. Previous empirical studies have mostly established across …

Eighteen earlier studies have investigated the associations between social media use
(SMU) and adolescents' self-esteem, finding weak effects and inconsistent results. A viable …

A recurring hypothesis in the literature is that “passive” social media use (browsing) leads to
negative effects on well-being. This preregistered study investigated a rival hypothesis …

The formation and maintenance of friendship closeness is an important developmental task
in adolescence. To obtain insight in real-time processes that may underly the development …

This study investigated the effects of active private, passive private, and passive public
social media use on adolescents' affective well-being. Intensive longitudinal data (34,930 …

Well-being and smartphone use are thought to influence each other. However, previous
studies mainly focused on one direction (looking at the effects of smartphone use on well …

The experience-sampling method (ESM) captures psychological experiences over time and
in everyday contexts, thereby offering exciting potential for collecting more temporally fine …