📢 Digital technology use and associations with children’s learning and social interaction: A longitudinal approach—with
Ross Neville and Elizabeth Al-Jbouri. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
📢 5 ways parents can help kids learn to regulate their emotions 👉 theconversation.com/big-feelings... co-authored with Marissa Nivison and Gizem Keskin
Grateful for the opportunity to talk on CBC radio at noon today and hear from callers about how they manage screen time. Time limits aren't enough. #DigitalWellbeing is a collective responsibility. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
@marissanivison.bsky.social talks about building secure bonds in this Parenting Ed-Ventures Podcast:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDWs... #attachmentstyle
#attachmenttheory
Tech companies and government have huge roles to play when it comes to youth #Screentime and #DigitalWellbeing. ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Grateful for the opportunity to talk about the American Academy of Pediatrics' new screen time policy. The evidence is clear: the problems of digital screen time outweigh the benefits for youth. Policy inaction is putting kids at risk. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
Chatted with CTV News about new digital media guidelines for kids released by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Hoping this systems-wide policy will act as a catalyst for broader action in Canada that centres the health and well-being of kids! #ChildDevelopment www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSn5...
📢 Recommendations for creating a child-friendly digital world just released by the American Academy of Pediatrics. We need a systems-wide approach to making the digital ecosystem healthier and safer for children. Proud to have contributed to this policy. lnkd.in/gWHXpWVY #ChildDevelopment
Umbrella review just published with Marissa Nivison, Pasco Fearon and Jennifer M. Jenkins. #CaregiverSensitivity is critical for children’s socioemotional and cognitive #development — an important target for early childhood intervention programs. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We'd love your votes for our COPEwithtrauma.org resources
featured in this year's #IHDCYHTalks competition.
🎞 VIDEO: lnkd.in/g6wFVEwY
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ VOTE by midnight ET November 30: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
📣 Made Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for the third year in a row! Huge shout out to my team for their hard work, dedication, and ongoing support! madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
This #UCalgary story features #psychoeducation resources for caregivers featured in #IHDCYH Talks contest. www.ucalgary.ca/news/tools-help-children-trauma-need-your-vote. Check them out:
🎞 VIDEO: vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ We'd love your votes! lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Check out COPE’s entries in #IHDCYH #CIHR contest!
🎞 VIDEO (Implementing COPE into your Practice): vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC (Emotion Validation): www.copewithtrauma.org/wp-content/u...
✅ VOTE here: lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Register to access all COPE resources: www.copewithtrauma.org
We've launched COPE (Caregiver Online #PsychoEducation) a website for caregivers of children who have experienced trauma. We want to connect with mental health practitioners to get it into the hands of caregivers. Watch the video and register to access all the resources. www.copewithtrauma.org
Early and excessive #socialmedia use carries real developmental costs. Our @jama.com editorial urges policymakers to act now — the cost of prevention is low, but the cost of inaction is high.
w Pasco Fearon & Keith Yeates
@Ucalgary
Serena Jenkins, postdoc in our lab, presented about ACEsHub.org earlier this month. Way to go Serena! Read about it in our lab announcements madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jama.com!
Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
Last weekend we hiked the High Rockies Trail, celebrating the beginning of the fall semester while building our team spirit. madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Earlier this month we partnered with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Run4Research team at the 2025 RBC Race for Kids. Together, we raised over $4000 for kids! Read about it madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
📢 New publication! Shout out to lead author and grad student in our lab Jackson Hewitt! Results showed that maternal depression may be triggered by fluctuations in children’s depression symptoms over time, but not vice versa. tinyurl.com/yc2br575 #ChildDevelopment #Depression #MentalHealth
Child 👦depression predicts mom’s 😞#depression but not the other way around, study during pandemic found.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853554/
So proud to share that Jenney Zhu, PhD student in our lab, has received the Owerko Centre Publication Award for her excellent research on the intergenerational transmission of #ACEs madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Excited to announce that two former graduate students in our lab—Jessy and Camille—have received CPA dissertation awards! #ChildDevelopment madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Last week our lab gathered to say farewell to two amazing lab members, Alanna Kaser and Haneen Salama! Sad to see them go, but proud they are off to grad school! madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Poster on joint caregiver sensitivity and infant affective state
Sheri Madigan’s profiles of media use trajectories in childhood
Thomas Robinson highlighting person-specific framework from Merve Cerit
Matias Dodel’s presentation on Uruguay’s research infrastructure
Inspiring and sobering research from @sherimadigan.bsky.social Thomas Robinson, Nilam Ram & Matias Dodel at #mediaandminds25
So proud to announce that Marissa Nivison, postdoc in our lab, has been awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find the details madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/marissa-awarded-banting-postdoctoral-fellowship/
#Attachment #ChildDevelopment
The Washington Times picked up on my panel presentation
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
Last week I spoke @childrenandscreens.bsky.social in Washington, D.C. Read the details at madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/ and download a handout with tips on supporting families with screen time madiganlab.org/wp-content/u... #DigitalMedia #ChildDevelopment
Excited to speak @childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 Scientific Congress in Washington, D.C. on the "#Born: How Screen Use Shapes Early Development and Relationships” discussion panel. #ChildDevelopment #DigitalMedia
New publication out! We conducted a systematic review to assess whether #intimatepartnerviolence mediated the association between #ACEs and internalizing symptomatology in women: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aadeneault.bsky.social
