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Research profile

Associate Professor of Developmental and Media Psychology.

My research is focused on three different areas: 1) The effects of digital media on mental health (e.g., Violent games and aggression, Gaming disorder); 2) Emotional and cognitive development in childhood (e.g., Theory of Mind, Emotion Understanding); 3) Developmental Psychopathology (e.g., Emotional disorders, Emotion regulation).

Teaching profile

I supervise and teach a variety of classes within Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychiatry, and Quantitative Methods.

Administrative profile

Head of Study Board for Psychology

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  • A Consensus Statement on Potential Negative Impacts of Smartphone and Social Media Use on Adolescent Mental Health

    Capraro, V., Globig, L., Rausch, Z., Rathje, S., Wormley, A., Olson, J., Ross, R., anon, S., Bouguettaya, A., Burnell, K., Choukas-Bradley, S., Fardouly, J., Kowert, R., Lopez, R., Maheux, A., Mirea, D.-M., Ozimek, P., Selterman, D., Thiagarajan, T. & Vandenbosch, L. & 109 others, Wals, S., Abi-Jaoude, E., Adler, P., Alaimo, K., Allem, J.-P., Ashrafi, V., Baumgartner, S. E., Bender, P., Bernstein, G., Bhanot, S., Bilek, E., Boivin, M., Braghieri, L., Brailovskaia, J., Brienza, J., Bunker, C., Cadario, R., Campos-Castillo, C., Chein, J., Clark, L., Colditz, J., Coulson, M., Bue, A. C., Coyne, S. M., Curran, T., Daalmans, S., Davenport, D., David, M., Davis, C., Davis, K., Choudhury, M. D., Derksen, T., Dezső, L., Domoff, S. E., Ellithorpe, M., Englander, E. K., Farivar, S., Fernandez-Kranz, D., Fisher, J., Gabrielli, J., Gentile, D., Gentzkow, M., Giuntella, O., Gjoneska, B., Green, M., Hale, L., Haltigan, J., Hamilton, J., Hartmann, T., Hilbig, B., Hinshaw, S. P., Hmurovic, J., Hoffman, B., Hornsey, M., Hunt, M., Janicke-Bowles, S., Kim, E.-L., Kuss, D. J., Lee, D. S., Levy, R., Maani, N., Makarin, A., Mendelson, T., Michikyan, M., Miconi, D., Milani, L., Modecki, K., Molnar, A., Navarro, J., Pagliarani, S., Paquin, V., Parry, D., Pavic, N., Pila, S., Potenza, M. N., Potrebny, T., Primack, B., Reed, P., Roth, Y., Rutledge, P., Sabatini, F., Sandra, D., Sazhin, D., Shensa, A., Shrum, L. J., Shtudiner, Z., Sina, E., Sobolev, M., Somogyi, E., Song, L., Thai, H., Thrul, J., Tiggemann, M., Truzoli, R., VanderWeele, T., Veissiere, S., Vidal, C., Vranka, M., Watson, J., Wegmann, E., Weigle, P., Whitted, W., Wilksch, S., Williams, M., Zhang, N., Zimmermann, L., Kross, E., Haidt, J. & Bavel, J. J. V., 17 May 2025, SSRN: Social Science Research Network, 208 p.

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  • Digital Media Use: From Problematic Use and Addiction to Healthy Media Engagement

    Kim, E.-L., Bender, P. K. & Gentile, D. A., 30 Sept 2025, Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology. Shackleford, K. E. & Bowman, N. D. (eds.). 2 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 260-279 20 p. (Oxford Library of Psychology).

    Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  • Udviklingsmæssige risici i børns møde med internetporno

    Schmidt, C. & Bender, P. K., 10 May 2023, In: Psyke & Logos. 43, 2, 137305.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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  • The Affective Consequences of Media Use

    Bender, P. K. & Barlett, C. P., 10 Nov 2021, Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Media. Döveling, K. & A. Konijn, E. (eds.). 2 ed. Routledge, p. 131-146

    Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review