D.I. Tsomokos
@di-tsomokos.bsky.social
Developmental Psych & Neuroscience 🧠 | Child & Adolescent Mental Health 🚸 | Director of Alphablocks Research Lab 🧪
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Social media is linked to later bedtimes, negative self-image and, especially in GenZ girls, greater distrust.
The researchers recommend early intervention in adolescence to address social media's impact on wellbeing. @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
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The researchers recommend early intervention in adolescence to address social media's impact on wellbeing. @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
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Social media use drives distrust among Gen Z teenage girls
Social media use in adolescence is linked to delayed bedtimes, negative self-image and, especially among teenage girls, greater distrust, a new UCL study shows.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Social media is linked to later bedtimes, negative self-image and, especially in GenZ girls, greater distrust.
The researchers recommend early intervention in adolescence to address social media's impact on wellbeing. @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
The researchers recommend early intervention in adolescence to address social media's impact on wellbeing. @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social
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Open Access UCL Research: Adolescent social media use and psychiatric outcomes: a longitudinal mediation analysis via interpersonal distrust, sleep, and self-image discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Adolescent social media use and psychiatric outcomes: a longitudinal mediation analysis via interpersonal distrust, sleep, and self-image
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October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Open Access UCL Research: Adolescent social media use and psychiatric outcomes: a longitudinal mediation analysis via interpersonal distrust, sleep, and self-image discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
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How can we foster a sense of belonging for pupils? ✨
Join us on October 14th for a webinar by Susana Castro-Kemp, Daisy Loyd and Beech Lodge School. Participants will gain exclusive access to a new short course on Promoting Belonging in Schools.
Join us on October 14th for a webinar by Susana Castro-Kemp, Daisy Loyd and Beech Lodge School. Participants will gain exclusive access to a new short course on Promoting Belonging in Schools.
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Join us for this online event on Promoting Belonging in Schools: a Humanistic Perspective. This Twilight talk will include presentations by Dr Daisy Loyd a
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October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How can we foster a sense of belonging for pupils? ✨
Join us on October 14th for a webinar by Susana Castro-Kemp, Daisy Loyd and Beech Lodge School. Participants will gain exclusive access to a new short course on Promoting Belonging in Schools.
Join us on October 14th for a webinar by Susana Castro-Kemp, Daisy Loyd and Beech Lodge School. Participants will gain exclusive access to a new short course on Promoting Belonging in Schools.
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A study in Nature Mental Health uses data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people. go.nature.com/4872wyh 🧪
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A study in Nature Mental Health uses data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people. go.nature.com/4872wyh 🧪
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New paper in Nature Mental Health where we show that macroeconomic income inequality is associated with brain structure and function over and above individual-level SES and other state-level factors. These alterations may serve as pathways to mental health problems.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health - Nature Mental Health
Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New paper in Nature Mental Health where we show that macroeconomic income inequality is associated with brain structure and function over and above individual-level SES and other state-level factors. These alterations may serve as pathways to mental health problems.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
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October 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health - Nature Mental Health
Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health
->Nature | #Inequality #MentalHealth | More from BigEarthData.ai
->Nature | #Inequality #MentalHealth | More from BigEarthData.ai
Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health
This study utilized data from the ABCD study (release 5.1), an ongoing large-scale, multisite, longitudinal research study from the USA. Baseline data were collected from September 2017 to August 2018. The present study used neuroimaging data from the baseline time...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Important work on inequality changing children’s brain structure from @divyangana.bsky.social and colleagues.
Best ways to reduce inequality:
1. Fair pay agreements for every sector
2. Abolish two child benefit cap, for universal social security
3. Fair tax.
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Best ways to reduce inequality:
1. Fair pay agreements for every sector
2. Abolish two child benefit cap, for universal social security
3. Fair tax.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Important work on inequality changing children’s brain structure from @divyangana.bsky.social and colleagues.
Best ways to reduce inequality:
1. Fair pay agreements for every sector
2. Abolish two child benefit cap, for universal social security
3. Fair tax.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Best ways to reduce inequality:
1. Fair pay agreements for every sector
2. Abolish two child benefit cap, for universal social security
3. Fair tax.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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“Our findings suggest that structural income inequality is associated with neurobiological differences, even after accounting for absolute income and poverty. These brain differences, in turn, help explain links to adverse mental health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health - Nature Mental Health
Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Our findings suggest that structural income inequality is associated with neurobiological differences, even after accounting for absolute income and poverty. These brain differences, in turn, help explain links to adverse mental health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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New #article from Rakesh et al: Economic Inequality and Mental Health: Causality, Mechanisms, and Interventions
TL;DR: Economic inequality worsens mental health by increasing interpersonal social comparison and undermining the social capital of communities
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TL;DR: Economic inequality worsens mental health by increasing interpersonal social comparison and undermining the social capital of communities
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May 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New #article from Rakesh et al: Economic Inequality and Mental Health: Causality, Mechanisms, and Interventions
TL;DR: Economic inequality worsens mental health by increasing interpersonal social comparison and undermining the social capital of communities
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TL;DR: Economic inequality worsens mental health by increasing interpersonal social comparison and undermining the social capital of communities
www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fu...
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Dr Divyangana Rakesh from @kingsioppn.bsky.social told the Guardian "Both children from wealthy and low-income families showed altered neurodevelopment and we established that this has a lasting impact on wellbeing."
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dr Divyangana Rakesh from @kingsioppn.bsky.social told the Guardian "Both children from wealthy and low-income families showed altered neurodevelopment and we established that this has a lasting impact on wellbeing."
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Living in an unequal society, regardless of individual wealth, can lead to structural changes in the brains of children.
#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth
#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Living in an unequal society, regardless of individual wealth, can lead to structural changes in the brains of children.
#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth
#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth
Here's our new open-access paper: “Social threat, neural connectivity, and adolescent mental health: a population-based longitudinal study” with Henning Tiemeier (Harvard), George Slavich (UCLA), and Divyangana Rakesh (King's College London, IoPPN).
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September 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Here's our new open-access paper: “Social threat, neural connectivity, and adolescent mental health: a population-based longitudinal study” with Henning Tiemeier (Harvard), George Slavich (UCLA), and Divyangana Rakesh (King's College London, IoPPN).
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Parental Warmth, Social Safety and Long-Term Consequences for Youth Health and Wellbeing
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Parental warmth, social safety, and long-term consequences for youth health & wellbeing
The importance of children's earliest relationships in life cannot be underestimated. A wealth of research has established that later social, psychological, and even cognitive outcomes, for example in...
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June 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Parental Warmth, Social Safety and Long-Term Consequences for Youth Health and Wellbeing
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Early maternal warmth enhances adolescents' perceptions of social safety, leading to better mental and physical health outcomes.
by Alley J, Tsomokos DI, Mengelkoch S and Slavich GM in JAMA Psychiatry #MedSky
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by Alley J, Tsomokos DI, Mengelkoch S and Slavich GM in JAMA Psychiatry #MedSky
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Childhood Maternal Warmth and Adolescent Health
This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Maternal warmth in early childhood is linked to adolescents perceiving greater social safety, which is associated with better physical and mental health outcomes in late adolescence.
Mother's warmth in childhood can influence teen health by shaping perceptions of social safety
Parental warmth and affection in early childhood can have life-long physical and mental health benefits for children, and new UCLA Health research points to an important underlying process: children's sense of social safety.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Maternal warmth in early childhood is linked to adolescents perceiving greater social safety, which is associated with better physical and mental health outcomes in late adolescence.
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Elegant study linking early life maternal warmth to feelings of social safety (belonging) in adolescence, which then influences physical & mental health outcomes in late teens.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Childhood Maternal Warmth and Adolescent Health
This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.
jamanetwork.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Elegant study linking early life maternal warmth to feelings of social safety (belonging) in adolescence, which then influences physical & mental health outcomes in late teens.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
New paper out now in JAMA Psychiatry from @jama.com
Childhood Maternal Warmth, Social Safety Schemas, and Adolescent Mental and Physical Health
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Childhood Maternal Warmth, Social Safety Schemas, and Adolescent Mental and Physical Health
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Childhood Maternal Warmth and Adolescent Health
This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.
jamanetwork.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New paper out now in JAMA Psychiatry from @jama.com
Childhood Maternal Warmth, Social Safety Schemas, and Adolescent Mental and Physical Health
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Childhood Maternal Warmth, Social Safety Schemas, and Adolescent Mental and Physical Health
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Fully open access paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fully open access paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A bidirectional association between language development and prosocial behaviour in childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in the United Kingdom. Final version by Dimitris I. Tsomokos & @limorraviv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/dev0001875
Paper: tinyurl.com/yha38k5h
doi.org/10.1037/dev0001875
Paper: tinyurl.com/yha38k5h
February 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A bidirectional association between language development and prosocial behaviour in childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in the United Kingdom. Final version by Dimitris I. Tsomokos & @limorraviv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/dev0001875
Paper: tinyurl.com/yha38k5h
doi.org/10.1037/dev0001875
Paper: tinyurl.com/yha38k5h
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Woop!! We're on a roll this week! 🎉🎉 Another paper just out with the brilliant Dimitris Tsomokos, where we confirmed a significant developmental cascade between #prosocial and #linguistic abilities in a large sample (11k) of UK children. Read here: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/de…
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November 14, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Woop!! We're on a roll this week! 🎉🎉 Another paper just out with the brilliant Dimitris Tsomokos, where we confirmed a significant developmental cascade between #prosocial and #linguistic abilities in a large sample (11k) of UK children. Read here: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/de…
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Does access to #greenspace matter for teen's #sleep?
New research from Tsomokos, Ji, Mueller Papachristou & Flouri @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social explores this.
Read about it on @clscohorts.bsky.social's website!
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New research from Tsomokos, Ji, Mueller Papachristou & Flouri @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social explores this.
Read about it on @clscohorts.bsky.social's website!
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Does access to greenspace matter for teens’ sleep? | CLS
Increasing access to parks and gardens may not be enough to help teenagers in urban areas get a healthy amount of sleep.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Does access to #greenspace matter for teen's #sleep?
New research from Tsomokos, Ji, Mueller Papachristou & Flouri @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social explores this.
Read about it on @clscohorts.bsky.social's website!
cls.ucl.ac.uk/does-access-...
New research from Tsomokos, Ji, Mueller Papachristou & Flouri @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social explores this.
Read about it on @clscohorts.bsky.social's website!
cls.ucl.ac.uk/does-access-...