Natasha Parent
Biographic Data
| ID | 5410706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natasha Parent |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natasha |
| FAMILY NAME | Parent |
| SIGNATURE | PARENT N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9190-1776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fear of Missing Out, Depression, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Although research has established a link between adolescents' problematic smartphone use and mental health, the nuances and directionality of this relationship remain unclear. This study offers a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic smartphone use, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), and depression in Canadian adolescents. METHODS: The participants included 1,298 students from Southern British Columbia, Canada (Mage…
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization
The current study explored the emotional effects on individuals of receiving fewer "Likes" than others on social media, as well as the potential moderating roles of participant shyness and previous experiences with cybervictimization. Participants were 1,007 undergraduate students (751 women; M age = 19.33 years, SD = 7.2 years) from a university in Eastern Ontario, Canada. During a standardized social media task, participants were randomly assig…
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents
Developmental Trajectories of Cyber-Aggression among Early Adolescents in Canada
The objective of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of cyber-aggression in early adolescence, as well as their relationship with predictive factors related to cyber-aggression (e.g., overt aggression, gender, and time spent online). Participants were 384 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at Time 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.62 years, SD = 0.74 year…
Acceptability of integrating mental health and substance use care within sexual health services among young sexual and gender minority men in Vancouver, Canada
Our findings highlight that SGM men's sexual health, mental health and substance use-related health needs and preferences are interrelated and should be addressed together. Tailored training and resources as well as structural adaptations to improve communication channels and collaborative connections between health providers are required to facilitate the development of integrated care for young SGM men
Smartphones as attachment targets
Basic Need Satisfaction through Social Media Engagement
This article provides a theoretical review of how within notions of self-determination theory adolescents’ use of social media can contribute to both the satisfaction and/or frustration of their basic psychological needs and thus contribute to (or impede) their attainment of key developmental goals in adolescence, such as identity formation and peer affiliation, and how these may impact their overall well-being. In this way, this work provides im…
Predicting Patterns of Problematic Smartphone Use among University Students
University students are consistently ranked among the highest users of smartphones. As such, recent research has focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use among university students. While this work has been instrumental to our understanding of the risk and protective factors of developing problematic smartphone use, it has been largely variable-centered and thus fails to recognize the diversity with which…
How Differing Audiences Were Associated with User Emotional Expression on a Well-Being App
In the last five years, there has been an explosion of mobile apps that aim to impact emotional well-being, yet limited research has examined the ways that users interact, and specifically write to develop a therapeutic alliance within these apps. Writing is a developmental practice in which a narrator transforms amorphous thoughts and emotions into expressions, and according to narrative theory, the linguistic characteristics of writing can be u…
Should We Be Worried about Smartphone Addiction? An Examination of Canadian Adolescents’ Feelings of Social Disconnection in the Time of Covid-19
As the COVID-19 global pandemic limited face-to-face social contact, mental health concerns increased for adolescents. Additionally, many adolescents turned to technology to communicate with their peers, which also raised concerns about adolescent smartphone addiction. However, research has yet to examine how mental health and technology engagement are related to adolescents' feelings of social connection-an important developmental predictor of w…
The sexualised use of cannabis among young sexual minority men
The objective of this study was to identify how cannabis use features within the sexual lives of young sexual minority men who use substances, and how this might intersect with features of their contemporary socio-cultural contexts in a setting where non-medical cannabis was recently legalised: Vancouver, Canada. Forty-one sexual minority men ages 15 to 30 years were recruited between January and December 2018 to participate in in-depth, semi-str…
Cannabis use and mental health among young sexual and gender minority men
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Moving beyond addiction
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents
Moving beyond addiction
Social determinants of playing outdoors in the neighbourhood
The sexualised use of cannabis among young sexual minority men
The objective of this study was to identify how cannabis use features within the sexual lives of young sexual minority men who use substances, and how this might intersect with features of their contemporary socio-cultural contexts in a setting where non-medical cannabis was recently legalised: Vancouver, Canada. Forty-one sexual minority men ages 15 to 30 years were recruited between January and December 2018 to participate in in-depth, semi-str…
Cannabis use and mental health among young sexual and gender minority men
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Predicting Patterns of Problematic Smartphone Use among University Students
University students are consistently ranked among the highest users of smartphones. As such, recent research has focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use among university students. While this work has been instrumental to our understanding of the risk and protective factors of developing problematic smartphone use, it has been largely variable-centered and thus fails to recognize the diversity with which…
How Differing Audiences Were Associated with User Emotional Expression on a Well-Being App
In the last five years, there has been an explosion of mobile apps that aim to impact emotional well-being, yet limited research has examined the ways that users interact, and specifically write to develop a therapeutic alliance within these apps. Writing is a developmental practice in which a narrator transforms amorphous thoughts and emotions into expressions, and according to narrative theory, the linguistic characteristics of writing can be u…
Should We Be Worried about Smartphone Addiction? An Examination of Canadian Adolescents’ Feelings of Social Disconnection in the Time of Covid-19
As the COVID-19 global pandemic limited face-to-face social contact, mental health concerns increased for adolescents. Additionally, many adolescents turned to technology to communicate with their peers, which also raised concerns about adolescent smartphone addiction. However, research has yet to examine how mental health and technology engagement are related to adolescents' feelings of social connection-an important developmental predictor of w…
Smartphones as attachment targets
Basic Need Satisfaction through Social Media Engagement
This article provides a theoretical review of how within notions of self-determination theory adolescents’ use of social media can contribute to both the satisfaction and/or frustration of their basic psychological needs and thus contribute to (or impede) their attainment of key developmental goals in adolescence, such as identity formation and peer affiliation, and how these may impact their overall well-being. In this way, this work provides im…
Developmental Trajectories of Cyber-Aggression among Early Adolescents in Canada
The objective of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of cyber-aggression in early adolescence, as well as their relationship with predictive factors related to cyber-aggression (e.g., overt aggression, gender, and time spent online). Participants were 384 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at Time 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.62 years, SD = 0.74 year…
Acceptability of integrating mental health and substance use care within sexual health services among young sexual and gender minority men in Vancouver, Canada
Our findings highlight that SGM men's sexual health, mental health and substance use-related health needs and preferences are interrelated and should be addressed together. Tailored training and resources as well as structural adaptations to improve communication channels and collaborative connections between health providers are required to facilitate the development of integrated care for young SGM men
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization
The current study explored the emotional effects on individuals of receiving fewer "Likes" than others on social media, as well as the potential moderating roles of participant shyness and previous experiences with cybervictimization. Participants were 1,007 undergraduate students (751 women; M age = 19.33 years, SD = 7.2 years) from a university in Eastern Ontario, Canada. During a standardized social media task, participants were randomly assig…
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents
Fear of Missing Out, Depression, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Although research has established a link between adolescents' problematic smartphone use and mental health, the nuances and directionality of this relationship remain unclear. This study offers a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic smartphone use, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), and depression in Canadian adolescents. METHODS: The participants included 1,298 students from Southern British Columbia, Canada (Mage…
Psychology (14 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works)