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Problematic Social Media Use: Prevention and Treatment Recommendations for Youth and Families

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Description

This workshop focuses on risks associated with social media use, particularly problematic social media use in children and adolescents. Objectives include distinguishing between healthy/typical and problematic media use; developing tools to screen for problematic media use; and acquiring strategies to support youth use social media in healthier ways.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to learn about problematic versus typical/healthy social media use. Learners will develop strategies to screen for and address problematic media use among youth.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Outline the risks and benefits of youth social media use.

  • Distinguish between problematic versus healthy/typical social media use.

  • Develop strategies to prevent and address problematic media use.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Sarah E. Domoff, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University at Albany, in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Domoff completed her PhD at Bowling Green State University in Clinical Psychology (Child Clinical concentration) and post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan. She has developed measures (Problematic Media Use Measure; Domoff et al., 2019) that screen for problematic media use in children and adolescents. Dr. Domoff is a leading scholar on the etiology of problematic media use across childhood.

Financially Sponsored By

  • APA Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology