Scientific Publications

  1. Marciano, L., Lin, J., Sato, T., Saboor, S., & Viswanath, K. (2024). Does social media use make us happy? A meta-analysis on social media and positive well-being outcomes. SSM-Mental Health, 100331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100331

  2. Galmarini, E., Marciano, L., & Schulz, P. J. (2024). The effectiveness of visual-based interventions on health literacy in health care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 718. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11138-1

  3. Montag, C., Schulz, P.J., Marciano, L. et al. Safeguarding young users on social media through academic oversight. Nat Rev Psychol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00311-2

  4. Chakraborty, S., Gui, M., Gerosa, T., & Marciano, L. (2024). Testing the validity of the smartphone pervasiveness scale for adolescents with self-reported objective smartphone use data. Digital Health, 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207624123474

  5. Marciano, L., Vocaj, E., Bekalu, M. A., Tona, A. L., Rocchi, G., & Viswanath, K. (2023). The Use of Mobile Assessments for Monitoring Mental Health in Youth: Umbrella Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(1), e45540. https://doi.org/10.2196/45540

  6. Montag, C., Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Becker, B. (2023). Unlocking the brain secrets of social media through neuroscience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, S1364-6613(23)00252-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.09.005

  7. Marciano, L., & Viswanath, K. (2023). Social media use and adolescents’ well-being: A note on flourishing. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1092109

  8. Camerini, A.-L., Morlino, S., & Marciano, L. (2023). Boredom and digital media use: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 11, 100313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2023.100313

  9. Marciano, L., & Saboor, S. (2023). Reinventing mental health care in youth through mobile approaches: Current status and future steps. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1126015

  10. Marciano, L., Albanese, E., Viswanath, K., & Camerini, A.-L. (2023). The Protective Role of Social-Oriented Digital Media Use in Children’s and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Latent Growth Curve Model. European Journal of Health Communication, 4(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2023.101

  11. Bizzotto, N., Marciano, L., de Bruijn, G.-J., & Schulz, P. J. (2023). The Empowering Role of Web-Based Help Seeking on Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e36964. https://doi.org/10.2196/36964

  12. Marciano, L., Viswanath, K., Morese, R., & Camerini, A.-L. (2022). Screen time and adolescents’ mental health before and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland: A natural experiment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.981881

  13. Peralta, G. P., Camerini, A.-L., Haile, S. R., Kahlert, C. R., Lorthe, E., Marciano, L., Nussbaumer, A., Radtke, T., Ulyte, A., Puhan, M. A., & Kriemler, S. (2022). Lifestyle Behaviours of Children and Adolescents During the First Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland and Their Relation to Well-Being: An Observational Study. International Journal of Public Health, 0. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604978

  14. Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A.-L. (2022). How do depression, duration of internet use and social connection in adolescence influence each other over time? An extension of the RI-CLPM including contextual factors. Computers in Human Behavior, 136, 107390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107390

  15. Camerini, A.-L., Albanese, E., Marciano, L. (2022). The impact of screen time and green time on mental health in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 7, 100204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100204

  16. Camerini, A.-L., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., Ort, A., & Petrocchi, S. (2022). Exploring the Emotional Experience During Instant Messaging Among Young Adults: An Experimental Study Incorporating Physiological Correlates of Arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840845

  17. Marciano, L., Driver, C. C., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A.-L. (2022). Dynamics of adolescents’ smartphone use and well-being are positive but ephemeral. Nature Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05291-y  

  18. Marciano, L., Ostroumova, M., Schulz Peter, J., & Camerini, A.-L. (2022). Digital Media Use and Adolescents’ Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2021.793868 

  19. Marciano, L., & Camerini, A.-L. (2022). Duration, frequency, and time distortion: Which is the best predictor of problematic smartphone use in adolescents? A trace data study. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0263815. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263815

  20. Marciano, L., Camerini, A. L., & Schulz, P. J. (2022). Neuroticism and internet addiction: What is next? A systematic conceptual review. Personality and Individual Differences, 185, 111260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111260

  21. Marciano, L., & Camerini, A. L. (2021). Recommendations on screen time, sleep and physical activity: associations with academic achievement in Swiss adolescents. Public Health, 198, 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.027

  22. Marciano, L., Camerini, A.-L., & Morese, R. (2021). The Developing Brain in the Digital Era: A Scoping Review of Structural and Functional Correlates of Screen Time in Adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 3761. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671817

  23. Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A. L. (2021). How smartphone use becomes problematic: Application of the ALT-SR model to study the predicting role of personality traits. Computers in Human Behavior, 119, 106731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106731

  24. Annoni, A. M., Petrocchi, S., Camerini, A. L., & Marciano, L. (2021). The Relationship between Social Anxiety, Smartphone Use, Dispositional Trust, and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Moderated Mediation Model. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(5), 2452. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052452

  25. Marciano, L., Camerini, A.-L., & Schulz, P. J. (2020). Neuroticism in the digital age: A meta-analysis. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2, 100026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2020.100026

  26. Marciano, L., Petrocchi, S., & Camerini, A.-L. (2020). Parental knowledge of children’s screen time: The role of parent-child relationship and communication. Communication Research, 0093650220952227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220952227

  27. Marciano, L., Schulz, P. J., & Camerini, A.-L. (2020). Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Youth: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 25(2), 163–181. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmz031

  28. Antonietti, C., Camerini, A.-L., & Marciano, L. (2020). The impact of self-esteem, family and peer cohesion on social appearance anxiety in adolescence: Examination of the mediating role of coping. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 1089–1102. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2020.1858888

  29. Petrocchi, S., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., & Camerini, A.-L. (2020). “What you say and how you say it” matters: An experimental evidence of the role of synchronicity, modality, and message valence during smartphone-mediated communication. PLOS ONE, 15(9), e0237846. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237846

  30. Camerini, A.-L., Gerosa, T., & Marciano, L. (2020). Predicting problematic smartphone use over time in adolescence: A latent class regression analysis of online and offline activities. New Media & Society, 1461444820948809. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820948809

  31. Camerini, A.-L., Marciano, L., Carrara, A., & Schulz, P. J. (2020). Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among children and adolescents: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Telematics and Informatics, 49, 101362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.101362

  32. Marciano, L., Camerini, A.-L., & Schulz, P. J. (2019). The role of health literacy in diabetes knowledge, self-care, and glycemic control: A meta-analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(6), 1007–1017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-04832-y