Thomas N Robinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 98104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas N Robinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas N |
| FAMILY NAME | Robinson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBINSON T N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2367-0774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Beyond apps: A method to model full distributions of screen content over time to study media effects
Research on smartphone media use has progressed from aggregate screen-time measures to app-level logs, yet these approaches still obscure the diversity and structure of the content users encounter. We introduce smartphone screen content patterns (content patterns) as a new construct and propose an analytical framework that represents smartphone use as distributions of experienced screen content rather than summaries of time spent on devices or in…
Longitudinal associations between adolescents’ smartphone distraction management during family time and their relationships with parents
Although smartphone distractions are common and impactful in adolescents’ lives, how adolescents manage these distractions remains understudied, particularly with respect to family relationships. This study examined the concurrent and time-lagged associations between adolescents’ frequency of smartphone distraction management (SDM) during family time and their relationship quality with their mother and father. The sample included 152 adolescents …
Cultivating commitment: How cultural ecosystem services affect visitor loyalty attitudes and intention-to-return in parks and protected areas
Parks and protected areas (PPAs) are crucial for providing society with essential ecosystem services, encompassing both tangible and intangible benefits derived from healthy ecosystems. While previous research has predominantly focused on material-based ecosystem services, limited attention has been devoted to the impact of non-material cultural ecosystem services (CES), such as recreation and cultural-historic aspects, on visitor loyalty. Visito…
Binding the Person-Specific Approach to Modern AI in the Human Screenome Project: Moving past Generalizability to Transferability
Advances in ability to comprehensively record individuals’ digital lives and in AI modeling of those data facilitate new possibilities for describing, predicting, and generating a wide variety of behavioral processes. In this paper, we consider these advances from a person-specific perspective, including whether the pervasive concerns about generalizability of results might be productively reframed with respect to transferability of models, and h…
HealthyLifestyle: A Q methodology analysis of why young adults like to use social media to access health information
Social media has become an integral part of modern society. Many people now turn to social media platforms to share or gain knowledge about best practices for personal health. This new form of health information dissemination has greatly increased in popularity especially among young adults. Currently, more research is needed to identify why so many individuals choose to turn to social media for health information. Using Q methodology, this study…
Media Production on Smartphones: Analysis of the Timing, Content, and Context of Message Production Using Real-World Smartphone Use Data
Although media production is a critical concept in communication theory, we know surprisingly little about the timing, content, and context of individuals' production behavior. Intensive observation and analysis of 94 American adults' smartphone use over 1 week showed that although time spent in producing content was on average only about 6 percent of the amount of time spent on smartphones, the production content was more purposeful, expressive,…
Are mobile phone ownership and age of acquisition associated with child adjustment? A 5-year prospective study among low-income Latinx children
This prospective, longitudinal study examined associations between whether and when children first acquire a mobile phone and their adjustment measures, among low-income Latinx children. Children (N = 263; 55% female; baseline Mage = 9.5) and their parents were assessed annually for 5 years from 2012. Children first acquired a mobile phone at a mean (SD) age of 11.62 (1.41) years. Pre-registered multilevel models tested associations linking phone…
Digital Trace Data Collection for Social Media Effects Research: APIs, Data Donation, and (Screen) Tracking
In social media effects research, the role of specific social media content is understudied, in part attributable to the fact that communication science previously lacked methods to access social media content directly. Digital trace data (DTD) can shed light on textual and audio-visual content of social media use and enable the analysis of content usage on a granular individual level that has been previously unavailable. However, because digital…
Connectedness and independence of young adults and parents in the digital world: Observing smartphone interactions at multiple timescales using Screenomics
Background: Young adults' connectedness with and independence from parents have important implications for both their development and family relationships. Although technology plays an increasingly important role in these dynamics, there are few direct observations of how connectedness and independence unfold in the digital world. Little is known of between- and within-person differences in these dynamics. Purpose: This study uses Screenomics to …
The idiosyncrasies of everyday digital lives: Using the Human Screenome Project to study user behavior on smartphones
Interventions to reduce meat consumption by appealing to animal welfare: Meta-analysis and evidence-based recommendations
Use of an expert panel to identify domains and indicators of delirium severity
Screenomics: A Framework to Capture and Analyze Personal Life Experiences and the Ways that Technology Shapes Them
Digital experiences capture an increasingly large part of life, making them a preferred, if not required, method to describe and theorize about human behavior. Digital media also shape behavior by enabling people to switch between different content easily, and create unique threads of experiences that pass quickly through numerous information categories. Current methods of recording digital experiences provide only partial reconstructions of digi…
Snacking characteristics and patterns and their associations with diet quality and BMI in the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Consortium
Objective: To describe snacking characteristics and patterns in children and examine associations with diet quality and BMI. Design: Children’s weight and height were measured. Participants/adult proxies completed multiple 24 h dietary recalls. Snack occasions were self-identified. Snack patterns were derived for each sample using exploratory factor analysis. Associations of snacking characteristics and patterns with Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HE…
Screenomics: A New Approach for Observing and Studying Individuals’ Digital Lives
We propose that the screenome provides the fine granularity of data needed to study individuals' digital lives, for testing existing theories about media use, and for generation of new theory about the interplay between digital media and development
Migrant Perceptions of Social Media
New media are changing the way identities are managed. This is increasingly relevant to global communication (Lévy, 2000). The purpose of this article is to understand how these changes effect individual perceptions of media within a new cultural environment. By applying Q-methodology to cultural migration, this research asked cultural sojourners to rank subjective statements of media. Factor analysis were applied to the rankings, which provided …
Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through inc…
Environmental strategies for portion control in children
Anthropology in the design of preventive behavioral health programs for children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Applied anthropologists working with public health researchers and clinicians have the opportunity to make tangible impacts on illness and disease in children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Stanford ECHALE was a randomized controlled trial of an experimental intervention to prevent obesity among low-income seven- to 11-year-old Latina girls and their families. The two-year school- and home-based experimental intervention incl…
Interviewing Latina Girls for Child Health Research
Latina youth are at high risk for obesity, subsequent diabetes, and related conditions (Popkin and Udry 1998). Ethnographic studies are needed to help design effective, culturally tailored obesity prevention programs for Latina girls. Despite the need for participation in disease prevention clinical trials, researchers often find it difficult to recruit Latino samples (Umana-Taylor and Bamaca 2004; Swanson and Ward 1995). In the course of conduct…
An Evolutionary Psychological Investigation of Parental Distress and Reproductive Coercion During the "Coming Out" of Gay Sons
The lack of success of the "coming out" studies over the last three decades to explain and predict parental responses has motivated an evolutionary psychological reconceptualization. According to this reconceptualization, it was predicted that (a) biological mothers would experience more distress and apply more pressure on gay sons to change than would biological fathers and; (b) obligate investment for fathers on dependent sons would cause fathe…
Children, Television Viewing, and Weight Status: Summary and Recommendations from an Expert Panel Meeting
Overweight and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. More than 9 million youth between the ages of six and nineteen years are considered overweight, and more than 80 percent of overweight adolescents will go on to become obese adults. Research has indicated a wide range of factors believed to contribute to obesity among children, but of growing concern is the potential contribution made by children's media use. In Apri…
What Can We Do to Control Childhood Obesity
children; obesity; interventions; environment; social movement
Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children's Taste Preferences
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of cumulative, real-world marketing and brand exposures on young children by testing the influence of branding from a heavily marketed source on taste preferences. DESIGN: Experimental study. Children tasted 5 pairs of identical foods and beverages in packaging from McDonald's and matched but unbranded packaging and were asked to indicate if they tasted the same or if one tasted better. SETTING: Preschools for lo…
Conversations, Control, and Couch‐time: The assessment and stability of parental mediation styles and children's TV and video viewing
Relative deprivation and procedural justifications
Interventions to reduce meat consumption by appealing to animal welfare: Meta-analysis and evidence-based recommendations
Digital Trace Data Collection for Social Media Effects Research: APIs, Data Donation, and (Screen) Tracking
In social media effects research, the role of specific social media content is understudied, in part attributable to the fact that communication science previously lacked methods to access social media content directly. Digital trace data (DTD) can shed light on textual and audio-visual content of social media use and enable the analysis of content usage on a granular individual level that has been previously unavailable. However, because digital…
Acculturation and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adolescent Girls
We examine the relation between acculturation and eating disorder symptoms in a normative sample of 920 adolescent girls of high school age. Results indicate that acculturation is positively associated with structured-interview defined partial syndrome eating disorders in Hispanic girls (13.6% vs. 0% prevalence rate in more acculturated vs. less acculturated Hispanic girls), but not Asian or European American girls. There was no relation between …
Children, Television Viewing, and Weight Status: Summary and Recommendations from an Expert Panel Meeting
Overweight and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. More than 9 million youth between the ages of six and nineteen years are considered overweight, and more than 80 percent of overweight adolescents will go on to become obese adults. Research has indicated a wide range of factors believed to contribute to obesity among children, but of growing concern is the potential contribution made by children's media use. In Apri…
Depressive symptoms and substance use among adolescent binge eaters and purgers: A defined population study
We surveyed 646 tenth grade females in Northern California to assess the prevalence of binge eating and purging behaviors. Of these, 10.3 per cent met study criteria for bulimia and an additional 10.4 per cent reported purging behaviors for weight control. Bulimics and purgers were heavier, had greater triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses, and reported higher rates of drunkenness, marijuana use, cigarette use, and greater levels of depres…
An Evolutionary Psychological Investigation of Parental Distress and Reproductive Coercion During the "Coming Out" of Gay Sons
The lack of success of the "coming out" studies over the last three decades to explain and predict parental responses has motivated an evolutionary psychological reconceptualization. According to this reconceptualization, it was predicted that (a) biological mothers would experience more distress and apply more pressure on gay sons to change than would biological fathers and; (b) obligate investment for fathers on dependent sons would cause fathe…
Screenomics: A New Approach for Observing and Studying Individuals’ Digital Lives
We propose that the screenome provides the fine granularity of data needed to study individuals' digital lives, for testing existing theories about media use, and for generation of new theory about the interplay between digital media and development
Connectedness and independence of young adults and parents in the digital world: Observing smartphone interactions at multiple timescales using Screenomics
Background: Young adults' connectedness with and independence from parents have important implications for both their development and family relationships. Although technology plays an increasingly important role in these dynamics, there are few direct observations of how connectedness and independence unfold in the digital world. Little is known of between- and within-person differences in these dynamics. Purpose: This study uses Screenomics to …
What Can We Do to Control Childhood Obesity
children; obesity; interventions; environment; social movement
Anthropology in the design of preventive behavioral health programs for children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Applied anthropologists working with public health researchers and clinicians have the opportunity to make tangible impacts on illness and disease in children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Stanford ECHALE was a randomized controlled trial of an experimental intervention to prevent obesity among low-income seven- to 11-year-old Latina girls and their families. The two-year school- and home-based experimental intervention incl…
Environmental strategies for portion control in children
Identity as a Mediator of Institutional Integration Variables in the Prediction of Undergraduate Persistence Intentions
This investigation tested the hypothesis that the developmental variable identity mediates the effects of the institutional integration variables academic and social integration in the prediction of undergraduate students’ persistence intentions. Long-term (persistence in higher education: PHE) and short-term (persistence at the institution: PAI) persistence intentions served as the criterion variables. The hypothesis was tested for the overall s…
Relative deprivation and procedural justifications
Depressive symptoms and substance use among adolescent binge eaters and purgers: A defined population study
We surveyed 646 tenth grade females in Northern California to assess the prevalence of binge eating and purging behaviors. Of these, 10.3 per cent met study criteria for bulimia and an additional 10.4 per cent reported purging behaviors for weight control. Bulimics and purgers were heavier, had greater triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses, and reported higher rates of drunkenness, marijuana use, cigarette use, and greater levels of depres…
Low Self-Esteem in Differentiating Fearful and Self-Conscious Forms of Shyness
Differences between fearfully and self-consciously shy individuals in self-esteem were investigated. Analysis indicated that fearfully (n = 45) compared to self-consciously (n = 40) shy individuals self-reported lower self-esteem. This result suggests that the role of low self-esteem may be different for each shyness subtype. A possible explanation was proffered
Reducing Children's Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CONTEXT: Some observational studies have found an association between television viewing and child and adolescent adiposity. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of reducing television, videotape, and video game use on changes in adiposity, physical activity, and dietary intake. DESIGN: Randomized controlled school-based trial conducted from September 1996 to April 1997. SETTING: Two sociodemographically and scholastically matched public elementary s…
Acculturation and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adolescent Girls
We examine the relation between acculturation and eating disorder symptoms in a normative sample of 920 adolescent girls of high school age. Results indicate that acculturation is positively associated with structured-interview defined partial syndrome eating disorders in Hispanic girls (13.6% vs. 0% prevalence rate in more acculturated vs. less acculturated Hispanic girls), but not Asian or European American girls. There was no relation between …
The 30-Second Effect
Identity as a Mediator of Institutional Integration Variables in the Prediction of Undergraduate Persistence Intentions
This investigation tested the hypothesis that the developmental variable identity mediates the effects of the institutional integration variables academic and social integration in the prediction of undergraduate students’ persistence intentions. Long-term (persistence in higher education: PHE) and short-term (persistence at the institution: PAI) persistence intentions served as the criterion variables. The hypothesis was tested for the overall s…
Children's food consumption during television viewing
Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Pathophysiology, Consequences, Prevention, and Treatment
The prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents has dramatically increased. There may be vulnerable periods for weight gain during childhood and adolescence that also offer opportunities for prevention of overweight. Overweight in children and adolescents can result in a variety of adverse health outcomes, including type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. The best approach to t…
Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Youth: A Leadership Role for Schools: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Ph…
Effects of the SMART Classroom Curriculum to Reduce Child and Family Screen Time
Evidence for adverse effects of screen media exposure has led to recommendations to limit children's screen time. This paper describes a randomized controlled trial of SMART (Student Media Awareness to Reduce Television), an 18-lesson, theory-based classroom curriculum to reduce screen time among third and fourth grade children in two matched public elementary schools (n = 181). Intervention school children significantly reduced their weekday tel…
Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children's Taste Preferences
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of cumulative, real-world marketing and brand exposures on young children by testing the influence of branding from a heavily marketed source on taste preferences. DESIGN: Experimental study. Children tasted 5 pairs of identical foods and beverages in packaging from McDonald's and matched but unbranded packaging and were asked to indicate if they tasted the same or if one tasted better. SETTING: Preschools for lo…
Conversations, Control, and Couch‐time: The assessment and stability of parental mediation styles and children's TV and video viewing
Children, Television Viewing, and Weight Status: Summary and Recommendations from an Expert Panel Meeting
Overweight and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. More than 9 million youth between the ages of six and nineteen years are considered overweight, and more than 80 percent of overweight adolescents will go on to become obese adults. Research has indicated a wide range of factors believed to contribute to obesity among children, but of growing concern is the potential contribution made by children's media use. In Apri…
What Can We Do to Control Childhood Obesity
children; obesity; interventions; environment; social movement
An Evolutionary Psychological Investigation of Parental Distress and Reproductive Coercion During the "Coming Out" of Gay Sons
The lack of success of the "coming out" studies over the last three decades to explain and predict parental responses has motivated an evolutionary psychological reconceptualization. According to this reconceptualization, it was predicted that (a) biological mothers would experience more distress and apply more pressure on gay sons to change than would biological fathers and; (b) obligate investment for fathers on dependent sons would cause fathe…
Interviewing Latina Girls for Child Health Research
Latina youth are at high risk for obesity, subsequent diabetes, and related conditions (Popkin and Udry 1998). Ethnographic studies are needed to help design effective, culturally tailored obesity prevention programs for Latina girls. Despite the need for participation in disease prevention clinical trials, researchers often find it difficult to recruit Latino samples (Umana-Taylor and Bamaca 2004; Swanson and Ward 1995). In the course of conduct…
Environmental strategies for portion control in children
Anthropology in the design of preventive behavioral health programs for children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Applied anthropologists working with public health researchers and clinicians have the opportunity to make tangible impacts on illness and disease in children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Stanford ECHALE was a randomized controlled trial of an experimental intervention to prevent obesity among low-income seven- to 11-year-old Latina girls and their families. The two-year school- and home-based experimental intervention incl…
Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through inc…
Migrant Perceptions of Social Media
New media are changing the way identities are managed. This is increasingly relevant to global communication (Lévy, 2000). The purpose of this article is to understand how these changes effect individual perceptions of media within a new cultural environment. By applying Q-methodology to cultural migration, this research asked cultural sojourners to rank subjective statements of media. Factor analysis were applied to the rankings, which provided …
Use of an expert panel to identify domains and indicators of delirium severity
Screenomics: A Framework to Capture and Analyze Personal Life Experiences and the Ways that Technology Shapes Them
Digital experiences capture an increasingly large part of life, making them a preferred, if not required, method to describe and theorize about human behavior. Digital media also shape behavior by enabling people to switch between different content easily, and create unique threads of experiences that pass quickly through numerous information categories. Current methods of recording digital experiences provide only partial reconstructions of digi…
Snacking characteristics and patterns and their associations with diet quality and BMI in the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Consortium
Objective: To describe snacking characteristics and patterns in children and examine associations with diet quality and BMI. Design: Children’s weight and height were measured. Participants/adult proxies completed multiple 24 h dietary recalls. Snack occasions were self-identified. Snack patterns were derived for each sample using exploratory factor analysis. Associations of snacking characteristics and patterns with Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HE…
Screenomics: A New Approach for Observing and Studying Individuals’ Digital Lives
We propose that the screenome provides the fine granularity of data needed to study individuals' digital lives, for testing existing theories about media use, and for generation of new theory about the interplay between digital media and development
Psychology (27 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (12 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Obesity (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works)