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Child Development and Digital Technology

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
May Irene Furenes
University of Stavanger
2
Jessica L. Navarro
Elon University
3
Rachel Parker
Australian Council for Educational Research
4
Arfa Afzal
University of Management and Technology
5
J. Loes Pouwels
Radboud University Nijmegen
6
Lee-Ann Ewing
Southern Cross University
7
Courtney J. Bernardin
University of Missouri
8
Farzana Quayyum
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
9
Andreas Schellewald
Goldsmiths University of London
10
Maartje Boer
Utrecht University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Changing or stable? The effects of adolescents' social media use on psychosocial functioning
Child Development|2024
10 cit.
2
CyberFamily: A collaborative family game to increase children’s cybersecurity awareness
Entertainment Computing|2024
9 cit.
3
Co-designing cybersecurity-related stories with children: Perceptions on cybersecurity risks and parental involvement
Entertainment Computing|2024
7 cit.
4
Changing modes of public connection: an essay on TikTok and the social affordances of personalized social media
Frontiers in Computer Science|2025
3 cit.
5
School-Home Crisis Communication During the First Wave of COVID-19
Communication Studies|2024
2 cit.
6
It isn’t just Mom: Gendered provision of family and home responsibilities among emerging adults during COVID-19
Frontiers in Psychiatry|2024
1 cit.
7
Book Review: <i>Douyin, TikTok and China’s Online Screen Industry</i> by Su Chunmeizi
Emerging Media|2024
1 cit.
8
Styles of Digital Parental Mediation: A Multi-Group Person-Centered Approach
Journal of Child and Family Studies|2025
1 cit.
9
Friend or foe? Learning through play and education reform in Ukraine
Teaching and Teacher Education|2024
0 cit.
10
Parenting Styles in Emerging Adulthood
UNC Libraries|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Natalie H. Brito
George Washington University
2
Annmarie Grealish
King's College London
3
Gabrielle N. Martin
San Diego State University
4
Nina Glutsch
University of Cologne
5
Maya Samaha
Notre Dame University – Louaize
6
Holly Scott
University of Glasgow
7
Elisa Wegmann
University of Duisburg-Essen
8
Gagandeep Singh Kundi
Brainly (United States)
9
Benjamin Stodt
University of Duisburg-Essen
10
McCall Booth
Georgetown University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Behavioral coping phenotypes and associated psychosocial outcomes of pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic
Scientific Reports|2022
49 cit.
2
Improving Perinatal Maternal Mental Health Starts With Addressing Structural Inequities
JAMA Psychiatry|2022
43 cit.
3
The experience of gratification and compensation in addictive behaviors: How can these experiences be measured systematically within and across disorders due to addictive behaviors?
Comprehensive Psychiatry|2022
37 cit.
4
OWLET: An automated, open-source method for infant gaze tracking using smartphone and webcam recordings
Behavior Research Methods|2022
33 cit.
5
Paid maternal leave is associated with infant brain function at 3 months of age
Child Development|2022
30 cit.
6
Online compulsive buying-shopping disorder and social networks-use disorder: More similarities than differences?
Comprehensive Psychiatry|2023
23 cit.
7
Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress
Scientific Reports|2023
23 cit.
8
Feels good, and less bad: Problematic use of the Internet is associated with heightened experiences of both gratification and compensation
Journal of Behavioral Addictions|2025
20 cit.
9
Relationships of gaming disorder, ADHD, and academic performance in university students: A mediation analysis
PLoS ONE|2024
19 cit.
10
Perceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic
Translational Psychiatry|2022
18 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Mark D. Griffiths
Nottingham Trent University
2
Sally Wheelwright
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
3
Emma Clubley
West Suffolk Hospital
4
Simon Baron‐Cohen
University of Cambridge
5
Peter K. Smith
Goldsmiths University of London
6
Christopher J. Lonigan
Florida State University
7
Catherine Lord
University of California, Los Angeles
8
Christopher Gillberg
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
9
Ellen Wartella
Northwestern University
10
Jochen Peter
University of Amsterdam

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|1994
9.1k cit.
2
Does the autistic child have a “theory of mind” ?
Cognition|1985
8.4k cit.
3
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|2000
7.6k cit.
4
The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism, Males and Females, Scientists and Mathematicians
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|2001
6.5k cit.
5
The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High‐functioning Autism
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry|2001
4.4k cit.
6
The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism.
PubMed|2001
4.3k cit.
7
The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|2004
4.1k cit.
8
Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry|2008
3.6k cit.
9
A ‘components’ model of addiction within a biopsychosocial framework
Journal of Substance Use|2005
2.9k cit.
10
Child Development and Emergent Literacy
Child Development|1998
2.5k cit.

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