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Author: Professor Eugene Lee Davids
Professor Eugene Lee Davids
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria. Leads the Healthy Adolescent Behaviours: Investigating Trajectories in South Africa (HABITS) study and HABITS Research Lab funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Social media, algorithms and online pressures are reshaping how adolescents discover who they are, writes Professor Eugene Lee Davids.