Smartphones may boost children’s mental health, study finds

USF study reveals how smartphones may benefit kids, risks of posting publicly to social media

These findings will help inform a 25-year national study that will track young people’s digital media use and wellbeing into adulthood.

Smartphones may boost children’s mental health, study finds

The study's findings challenge the assumption that kids who own smartphones tend to fare worse than those who don't.

Kids may be better off with smartphones, USF study finds

The University of South Florida surveyed more than 1,500 kids, and found that 11 to 13-year-olds who had their own smartphones fared better psychologically than their peers who didn’t have phones.