Malleability in mediated ideals: A paradigm to understand effects of contemporary media in adolescents’ well-being

Project Information

MIMIc

Grant agreement ID: 852317

DOI

10.3030/852317

Project closed

EC signature date 31 January 2020

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 1 500 000,00

Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (22)

The Perfect Li(f)e: A Longitudinal Study on Positive Social Media Content and European Adolescents’ Perfectionism.

Author(s): Vanhoffelen, G., Gonzalez, A., Schreurs, L., Giraudeau, C., & Vandenbosch, L. (2025).
Published in: Communication Research, 2025, ISSN 0093-6502
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Measuring Digital Well-Being in Everyday Life Among Slovenian Adolescents: The Perceived Digital Well-Being in Adolescence Scale.

Author(s): Rosič, J., Carbone, L., Vanden Abeele, M., Lobe, B., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Journal Of Children And Media., 2023, ISSN 1748-2798
Publisher: Taylor
DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2023.2272651

Status Markers in Popular Music Across Six Countries: A Content Analysis of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Genre, and Capital in Music Lyrics

Author(s): Luca Carbone, Priscila Alvarez-Cueva, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Sex Roles, Issue 90, 2024, Page(s) 891-909, ISSN 0360-0025
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-024-01483-0

BeReal, Be Happy? Examining the relationships between authentic self-presentations on BeReal and adolescents’ self-esteem

Author(s): Vanhoffelen, G., Schreurs, L., Meeus, A., Janssens, N., Beullens, K., Vandenbosch, Laura
Published in: New Media & Society, 2023, ISSN 1461-4448
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/14614448231207783

Politically influenced by nonpolitical actors? Longitudinal reciprocal associations between social media personalities’ political social media posts and political interest in adolescence

Author(s): Anaëlle J Gonzalez, Margot Lissens, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: New Media & Society, 2025, ISSN 1461-4448
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/14614448251382485

The Internalization of a Performance-Oriented Self-Concept Among Adolescents Through Their Favorite Music Artists

Author(s): Luca Carbone, Christoph Klimmt, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Mass Communication and Society, 2025, Page(s) 1-23, ISSN 1520-5436
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2025.2528630

Gendered Social Media Content Among Adolescent Boys and Girls: Findings From a Data Donation Linkage Study on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat

Author(s): Laura Vandenbosch, Gaëlle Ouvrein, Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Toon Tabruyn, Femke Konings
Published in: Sex Roles, Issue 91, 2025, ISSN 0360-0025
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01604-3

Adolescents’ perceptions regarding their smartphone use: longitudinal relationships between perceived digital well-being and self-esteem

Author(s): Jasmina Rosič, Lara Schreurs, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 1083-6101
Publisher: Annenberg School for Communication
DOI: 10.1093/jcmc/zmaf005

Adolescents’ offline conversations in the digital era: unravelling the role of friends in co-present smartphone use competence. Educational Psychology

Author(s): Rosič, J. Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Educational Psychology, 2025, ISSN 0022-0663
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2025.2563032

Positive digital communication among youth: The development and validation of the digital flourishing scale for adolescents

Author(s): Jasmina Rosič; Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles; Luca Carbone; Bojana Lobe; Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Frontiers Digital Health, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2673-253X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.975557

Adolescents’ sexualized self-presentations on social media: A cross-national data donation study.

Author(s): Konings, F., Vandenbosch, L., Fitzgerald, K., Fardouly, J., Beelen, E., Tabruyn, T., Karsay, K., & Maes, C. (in press; first shared author).
Published in: Media Psychology, 2025, ISSN 1532-785X
Publisher: Taylor &Francis

A Systematic Content Analysis of the Moral Foundations Featured in Celebrities’, Influencers’, and Athletes’ Instagram Content.

Author(s): Gonzalez, A., Cingel, D.P., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Mass Communication and Society, 2024, ISSN 1520-5436
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2024.2317764

Adolescents' videogame play, need satisfaction, and self-esteem: a self-determination perspective.

Author(s): oon, E.J., Carbone, L., Swinnen, B., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Current Psychology, 2024, ISSN 1046-1310
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-024-05933-6

Adolescents' Music Tastes in the Streaming Era: The Case of Belgium.

Author(s): Carbone, L., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Cultural Sociology, 2024, ISSN 1749-9755
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/17499755241244529

Teens, Tech, and Talk: Adolescents’ Use of and Emotional Reactions to Snapchat’s My AI Chatbot

Author(s): Gaëlle Vanhoffelen, Laura Vandenbosch, Lara Schreurs
Published in: Behavioral Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 1037, ISSN 2076-328X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/bs15081037

Adolescent Emotional Expression on Social Media: A Data DonationStudy Across Three European Countries

Author(s): Fitzgerald, K., Vandenbosch, L., Tabruyn, T.
Published in: Affective science, 2024, ISSN 2662-205X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-024-00259-9

A Meta-Analysis of Studies Examining the Effect of Music on Beliefs

Author(s): Luca Carbone, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Communication Research, 2023, ISSN 0093-6502
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00936502231163633

The Values of Fame: Exploring The Visual and Textual Representations of Basic Values in Influencers’ Instagram Content.

Author(s): Gonzalez, A., Akgün, I.I., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Social Media + Society, 2025, ISSN 2056-3051
Publisher: Sage Publications

Posting and framing politics: a content analysis of celebrities’, athletes’, and influencers’ Instagram political content

Author(s): Gonzalez, Anaelle , Schmuck, Desiree, Vandenbosch, Laura
Published in: Information, Communication, & Society, 2023, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2023.2285495

Trajectories of digital flourishing in adolescence: The predictive roles of developmental changes and digital divide factors.

Author(s): Rosič, J., Schreurs, L., Janicke-Bowles, S.H., Vandenbosch, L.
Published in: Child Development, 2024, ISSN 0009-3920
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14101

"#BoPo, #Ideal, or #Mixed? Exploring Adolescents’ Daily Exposure to Appearance Content on Social Media and Its Relations with Body Image Components"

Author(s): Chelly Maes, Robyn Vanherle, Jasmine Fardouly, Laura Vandenbosch
Published in: Communication Research, 2026, ISSN 0093-6502
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00936502251338901

Digital Media Uses and Effects: The Contributing Roles of Time

Author(s): Vandenbosch, L., Beullens, K.,Vanherle, R., Schreurs, L.
Published in: Journal of Children and Media, 2025, ISSN 1748-2798
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2024.2438690