HappyB2.0
The study
The HappyB2.0 is the natural continuation of the HappyB project in the US context, with cutting-edge methodologies. HappyB2.0 aims to establish to what extent in-person and online social interactions predict adolescents’ well-being, including happiness and loneliness, using objective indicators of both social media/smartphone use and well-being. The study includes an intensive data collection through a smartphone-based application (Avicenna), and the collection of hair cortisol levels as a digital biomarker of stress. In doing so, HappyB2.0 aims to set the ground for future research combing biological and digital information.
Subtitle:
The role of online/offline social relationships in adolescents’ happiness
Aim:
HappyB2.0 aims to investigate how online and offline social relationships predict adolescents’ happiness and loneliness. The study also tests a digital biomarker of stress.
Location:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Participants:
About 360 adolescents
Design of the study:
Ecological Momentary Assessments, Trace data, Screenshots, Digital biomarker
Duration:
2 years (2024-2025)
Funding:
National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), USA
Co-Investigators:
Prof. K. “Vish” Viswanath, Harvard University
Prof. Nathaniel Osgood, University of Saskatchewan
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Project Info
How Avicenna works:
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Ally Zhang
xiao_zhang@hsph.harvard.edu
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Eleanor Dong
edong@edc.org
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Jennifer Lewis
jlewis@roxburytenants.org
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Shari Kessel Schneider
skschneider@edc.org
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Geyi Wang
geyiwang@hsph.harvard.edu
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Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter
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James Taylor Jr.
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Lindsay Fleming
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Rachel Havekost
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Khalida Himes