Aerospace engineer-turned-data scientist specializing in machine learning with a passion for developing data-driven solutions to societal issues and public health research.
PROJECTS
Jan 2024 – May 2024
Literature Review: On the Relationship Between Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health
Independent Research for Social Dynamics and Well-Being Lab
Summary:
Conducted a literature review on the relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health. Divided reserach into correlational studies, longitudinal studies, and randomized experiments. Found that (1) heavy use of social media was consistantly associated with negative mental health outcomes among adolescents, especially girls; (2) the relationship is bi-directional with the forward direction (SM -> MH) being much stronger than the reverse direction (MH -> MH) and moderated by age and gender; and (3) experiments that introduce social media consistantly find adverse mental health outcomes, while experiments that remove social media depend on timeframe of mental health assessment: when mental health is assessed less than 4 weeks from removal, mental health is worse, but when assessed greater than 4 weeks from removal, mental health is improved.[David Gomez]
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