Peiyao Tang

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Bio: I completed my BScs in Psychology at Sun Yat-Sen University, China and the University of Birmingham, UK, with a First Class Honours degree and obtained an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences with Distinction at UCL. I worked as a Research Assistant in psychiatric research at UCL before starting my PhD at King’s College London, where I examined the role of future thinking in the emergence of adolescent depression and anxiety using methodologies including meta-analysis, qualitative research, scale development and validation (psychometrics), and longitudinal data collection and analysis. I am interested in the cognitive and emotional risk factors in youth mental health, particularly depression and anxiety disorders.

Project: I currently investigate the links between risky digital activity, protective offline activity and youth mental health, working with colleagues at QMUL, KCL, LSE, and University of Edinburgh. The project utilises data from a prospective cohort study of adolescents aged 13-14 years, measuring their digital engagement (screen time, distinct types of digital activity, and the cognitive/affective reactions they evoke), perceived impact of and actions to manage digital activity, offline activities, as well as their depression, anxiety, wellbeing, and ADHD traits. The project seeks to understand the temporality of risky digital engagement and poor mental health and whether protective offline activities and managing actions can mitigate digital risks.

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https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5655-0733