Exploring the Digital Lives of Adolescents: Pathways between Online Engagement and Well‑Being

Adolescents’ increasingly digital lives may heighten risk for stress, sleep problems, and internalizing symptoms, especially when parental monitoring and offline relationships are weak. This exploratory longitudinal study follows 10–17-year-olds and parents over three months to test how diverse digital activities and family digital climate jointly predict youths’ socioemotional adjustment.