David S Bickham
Biographic Data
| ID | 179976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Bickham |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bickham |
| SIGNATURE | BICKHAM D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston Children's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2139-6804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rules at home, rules online: Parental mediation and adolescents’ orientation toward social media community guidelines in the United States
As digital platforms increasingly shape adolescents’ lives, safeguarding youth from online risks requires alignment between parenting practices and platform governance. This study examines how parental mediation strategies, specifically the interplay between restrictive rules and autonomy-supportive communication, relate to adolescents’ understanding of social media guidelines and their willingness to report harmful content. Using a nationally di…
Navigating fairness and boundaries: Parental rule strategies and indicators of adolescents’ media overuse
Balancing adolescents’ growing desire for independence with the establishment of effective media-related rules presents a complex challenge for many parents. Our study, utilising a diverse nationwide sample of 1,480 adolescents aged 13-17, investigates how adolescents’ perceptions of rule restrictiveness might explain the relationship between parental rule strategies and adolescents’ overuse of media. Indicators of overuse include dysregulated me…
Association Between Social Media Use and Substance Use Among Middle and High School-Aged Youth
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to identify whether different aspects of social media use were associated with substance use among middle- and high school-aged youth. Methods: Participants were recruited from four Northeast U.S. middle schools and invited to complete an online survey in Fall 2019 and Fall 2020. We conducted separate adjusted logistic mixed effects models the substance use outcomes: ever use of alcohol, cannabis, e-cigarette…
Examining the Associations Between Online Interactions and Momentary Affect in Depressed Adolescents
Concern has been raised over parallel increases in youth depression and online interactive media use over the past two decades. The aim of this study was to determine whether online interactions are associated with users’ affective states. Using ecological momentary assessment, we measured depressed adolescents’ momentary affect during and residual feelings following online interactions with offline friends and family, online friends, and acquain…
A Preliminary Evaluation of a School-Based Media Education and Reduction Intervention
Contributions of Research Based on the PSID Child Development Supplement
This article summarizes important contributions of the Child Development Supplement to the PSID (PSID-CDS) to knowledge in child development, time use, media use, and health. The PSID-CDS began in 1997, surveying 2,394 households, including 3,563 children; three waves of data on the first cohort were collected—1997, 2002–03, and 2007–08—and a new cohort was interviewed in 2014. Hundreds of books, journal articles, and dissertations have used the …
Plugged in: How media attract and affect youth
In Plugged In, authors Patti Valkenburg and Jessica Taylor Piotrowski undertake the herculean task of summarizing a field that is replete with theoretical positions and methodological practices fro
Media effects as health research: How pediatricians have changed the study of media and child development
Although the study of media and children has long been interdisciplinary, child health researchers and pediatric journals have joined their social science counterparts to investigate media effects over the past several decades. Research on how media use influences child health and development has increased exponentially in pediatric journals between the early 1990s and the present. Communication and psychology scholars have begun to publish their…
Evaluating Multiple Intensively Collected Media Use Measures: Validity and Reliability of Momentary Assessments
Momentary assessment data collection methods can capture information about constructs that vary greatly throughout the day. The Measuring Youth Media Exposure methodology implemented multiple momentary measures of media use in addition to a time use diary (TUD), allowing evaluation of the convergent and divergent validity of these momentary assessment methodologies relative to the TUD. This article presents the reliability and validity of momenta…
Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects
Although research has repeatedly demonstrated that adolescents' use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) is related to their endorsement of permissive sexual attitudes and their experience with sexual behavior, it is not clear how linkages between these constructs unfold over time. This study combined 2 types of longitudinal modeling, mean-level development and cross-lagged panel modeling, to examine (a) developmental patterns in adolesc…
Measuring Youth Media Exposure: A Multimodal Method for Investigating the Influence of Media on Digital Natives
Measuring Youth Media Exposure (MYME) methodology was developed in response to a need for more sensitive, comprehensive, and reliable measures of media use and exposure in a rapidly evolving and increasingly complex mobile digital environment. MYME combines multiple measurement modes to locate its findings in relation to historical trends and superimposes those components to complement, cross-validate, and provide strengths where other components…
Methodological Advances in the Field of Media Influences on Children
Exploring the Perspectives of Obese Adolescent Girls
To understand obese adolescent girls' perspectives regarding their weight and health we studied video intervention/prevention assessment audiovisual narratives created by 14 obese girls ages 12 to 20 years. The narratives included interviews, monologues, and daily activities. Themes included illness conceptualizations, health concerns, health misinformation, and distress regarding appearance deriving from both within and without. The predominant …
Effects of a Media Literacy Program in the US on Children's Critical Evaluation of Unhealthy Media Messages about Violence, Smoking, and Food
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Media Power Youth health-focused media literacy program. Using a susceptibility reduction strategy, this program seeks to develop participants' media-literacy beliefs and skills to enhance their ability to critically evaluate portrayals of violence, substance use, and non-nutritional eating. It was implemented in fifth-grade classes at two elementary schools in the Northeastern United States. A third …
When the Television Is Always On: Heavy Television Exposure and Young Children’s Development
In American homes, the television is on approximately 6 hours a day on average. Yet little is known about the impact of growing up in the near constant presence of television. This study examines the prevalence and developmental impact of "heavy-television" households on very young children aged 0 to 6 drawn from a nationally representative sample (N = 756). Thirty-five percent of the children lived in a home where the television is on "always" o…
Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects
Although research has repeatedly demonstrated that adolescents' use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) is related to their endorsement of permissive sexual attitudes and their experience with sexual behavior, it is not clear how linkages between these constructs unfold over time. This study combined 2 types of longitudinal modeling, mean-level development and cross-lagged panel modeling, to examine (a) developmental patterns in adolesc…
When the Television Is Always On: Heavy Television Exposure and Young Children’s Development
In American homes, the television is on approximately 6 hours a day on average. Yet little is known about the impact of growing up in the near constant presence of television. This study examines the prevalence and developmental impact of "heavy-television" households on very young children aged 0 to 6 drawn from a nationally representative sample (N = 756). Thirty-five percent of the children lived in a home where the television is on "always" o…
Measuring Youth Media Exposure: A Multimodal Method for Investigating the Influence of Media on Digital Natives
Measuring Youth Media Exposure (MYME) methodology was developed in response to a need for more sensitive, comprehensive, and reliable measures of media use and exposure in a rapidly evolving and increasingly complex mobile digital environment. MYME combines multiple measurement modes to locate its findings in relation to historical trends and superimposes those components to complement, cross-validate, and provide strengths where other components…
Evaluating Multiple Intensively Collected Media Use Measures: Validity and Reliability of Momentary Assessments
Momentary assessment data collection methods can capture information about constructs that vary greatly throughout the day. The Measuring Youth Media Exposure methodology implemented multiple momentary measures of media use in addition to a time use diary (TUD), allowing evaluation of the convergent and divergent validity of these momentary assessment methodologies relative to the TUD. This article presents the reliability and validity of momenta…
Exploring the Perspectives of Obese Adolescent Girls
To understand obese adolescent girls' perspectives regarding their weight and health we studied video intervention/prevention assessment audiovisual narratives created by 14 obese girls ages 12 to 20 years. The narratives included interviews, monologues, and daily activities. Themes included illness conceptualizations, health concerns, health misinformation, and distress regarding appearance deriving from both within and without. The predominant …
When the Television Is Always On: Heavy Television Exposure and Young Children’s Development
In American homes, the television is on approximately 6 hours a day on average. Yet little is known about the impact of growing up in the near constant presence of television. This study examines the prevalence and developmental impact of "heavy-television" households on very young children aged 0 to 6 drawn from a nationally representative sample (N = 756). Thirty-five percent of the children lived in a home where the television is on "always" o…
Effects of a Media Literacy Program in the US on Children's Critical Evaluation of Unhealthy Media Messages about Violence, Smoking, and Food
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Media Power Youth health-focused media literacy program. Using a susceptibility reduction strategy, this program seeks to develop participants' media-literacy beliefs and skills to enhance their ability to critically evaluate portrayals of violence, substance use, and non-nutritional eating. It was implemented in fifth-grade classes at two elementary schools in the Northeastern United States. A third …
Exploring the Perspectives of Obese Adolescent Girls
To understand obese adolescent girls' perspectives regarding their weight and health we studied video intervention/prevention assessment audiovisual narratives created by 14 obese girls ages 12 to 20 years. The narratives included interviews, monologues, and daily activities. Themes included illness conceptualizations, health concerns, health misinformation, and distress regarding appearance deriving from both within and without. The predominant …
Evaluating Multiple Intensively Collected Media Use Measures: Validity and Reliability of Momentary Assessments
Momentary assessment data collection methods can capture information about constructs that vary greatly throughout the day. The Measuring Youth Media Exposure methodology implemented multiple momentary measures of media use in addition to a time use diary (TUD), allowing evaluation of the convergent and divergent validity of these momentary assessment methodologies relative to the TUD. This article presents the reliability and validity of momenta…
Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects
Although research has repeatedly demonstrated that adolescents' use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) is related to their endorsement of permissive sexual attitudes and their experience with sexual behavior, it is not clear how linkages between these constructs unfold over time. This study combined 2 types of longitudinal modeling, mean-level development and cross-lagged panel modeling, to examine (a) developmental patterns in adolesc…
Measuring Youth Media Exposure: A Multimodal Method for Investigating the Influence of Media on Digital Natives
Measuring Youth Media Exposure (MYME) methodology was developed in response to a need for more sensitive, comprehensive, and reliable measures of media use and exposure in a rapidly evolving and increasingly complex mobile digital environment. MYME combines multiple measurement modes to locate its findings in relation to historical trends and superimposes those components to complement, cross-validate, and provide strengths where other components…
Methodological Advances in the Field of Media Influences on Children
Media effects as health research: How pediatricians have changed the study of media and child development
Although the study of media and children has long been interdisciplinary, child health researchers and pediatric journals have joined their social science counterparts to investigate media effects over the past several decades. Research on how media use influences child health and development has increased exponentially in pediatric journals between the early 1990s and the present. Communication and psychology scholars have begun to publish their…
Plugged in: How media attract and affect youth
In Plugged In, authors Patti Valkenburg and Jessica Taylor Piotrowski undertake the herculean task of summarizing a field that is replete with theoretical positions and methodological practices fro
A Preliminary Evaluation of a School-Based Media Education and Reduction Intervention
Contributions of Research Based on the PSID Child Development Supplement
This article summarizes important contributions of the Child Development Supplement to the PSID (PSID-CDS) to knowledge in child development, time use, media use, and health. The PSID-CDS began in 1997, surveying 2,394 households, including 3,563 children; three waves of data on the first cohort were collected—1997, 2002–03, and 2007–08—and a new cohort was interviewed in 2014. Hundreds of books, journal articles, and dissertations have used the …
Examining the Associations Between Online Interactions and Momentary Affect in Depressed Adolescents
Concern has been raised over parallel increases in youth depression and online interactive media use over the past two decades. The aim of this study was to determine whether online interactions are associated with users’ affective states. Using ecological momentary assessment, we measured depressed adolescents’ momentary affect during and residual feelings following online interactions with offline friends and family, online friends, and acquain…
Association Between Social Media Use and Substance Use Among Middle and High School-Aged Youth
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to identify whether different aspects of social media use were associated with substance use among middle- and high school-aged youth. Methods: Participants were recruited from four Northeast U.S. middle schools and invited to complete an online survey in Fall 2019 and Fall 2020. We conducted separate adjusted logistic mixed effects models the substance use outcomes: ever use of alcohol, cannabis, e-cigarette…
Navigating fairness and boundaries: Parental rule strategies and indicators of adolescents’ media overuse
Balancing adolescents’ growing desire for independence with the establishment of effective media-related rules presents a complex challenge for many parents. Our study, utilising a diverse nationwide sample of 1,480 adolescents aged 13-17, investigates how adolescents’ perceptions of rule restrictiveness might explain the relationship between parental rule strategies and adolescents’ overuse of media. Indicators of overuse include dysregulated me…
Rules at home, rules online: Parental mediation and adolescents’ orientation toward social media community guidelines in the United States
As digital platforms increasingly shape adolescents’ lives, safeguarding youth from online risks requires alignment between parenting practices and platform governance. This study examines how parental mediation strategies, specifically the interplay between restrictive rules and autonomy-supportive communication, relate to adolescents’ understanding of social media guidelines and their willingness to report harmful content. Using a nationally di…
Psychology (15 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (11 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Advertising (3 works)