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ArticleJournal of psychopathology and clinical science2025

A longitudinal study of objective dating app usage and its relation to mental health in adolescents.

Madeline M McGregor, Lilian Y Li, Esha Trivedi, Sarah E Sarkas, Aishwarya Sritharan, Lili Massac, Katherine Durham, Nicholas B Allen, Randy P Auerbach, Stewart A Shankman

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Article in Journal of psychopathology and clinical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Madeline M McGregorStephen M. Stahl Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University.ORCID 0009-0001-1072-7399
Lilian Y LiStephen M. Stahl Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University.
Esha TrivediDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Sarah E SarkasStephen M. Stahl Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University.
Aishwarya SritharanDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Lili MassacDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Katherine DurhamDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Nicholas B AllenDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon.
Randy P AuerbachDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Stewart A ShankmanStephen M. Stahl Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University.ORCID 0000-0002-8097-4483

Funding

Social Processing Deficits in Remitted Adolescent DepressionR01MH119771 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI AUERBACH, RANDY PATRICK, SHANKMAN, STEWART AARON · 2020 to 2025
$3.7M
MAPS: Mobile Assessment for the Prediction of SuicideU01MH116923 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI ALLEN, NICHOLAS B, AUERBACH, RANDY PATRICK · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
Linguistic and Neural Synchrony During Co-Rumination as Interpersonal Mechanisms of Depression in Adult and Adolescent DyadsK99MH133991 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LI, LILIAN Y. · 2024 to 2025
$223k
Morgan Stanley FoundationNIMH NIH HHSNIMH NIH HHS K99 MH133991NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119771NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH116923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of dating apps among adolescents is a growing public concern. Past research, which almost exclusively relies on self-reported dating app usage, highlights an increased risk of victimization, but also opportunities to develop personal and social identity, particularly for minoritized youth. Thus, the present study used a mobile sensing app that passively tracked dating app usage over 6 months in 149 adolescents with a wide range of internalizing disorder severity. Thirty-five (23.5%) adolescents used dating apps across the 6 months (indexed by any keyboard input across dating apps), averaging 1.74 (

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Adolescent BehaviorCourtshipInterpersonal RelationsMajor Depressive DisorderMental HealthMobile ApplicationsRisk-TakingAdolescentCrime VictimsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMale

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PMID40689910
PMCPMC12313096

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