Candice Odgers, PhD

University of California, Irvine

Professor Psychological Science

Expertise: early adversity Quantitative Psychology Social inequality Technology and Young People digital inequality Developmental Psychology adolescent mental health

Candice Odgers is a developmental psychologist who studies adolescents’ mental health and development. Her research team tracks adolescents’ daily mental health and device use via smartphones and has built new virtual tools for capturing the neighborhoods where children live and attend school.

Not so bad after all? Adolescent smartphone use not linked to poor mental health, study claims

Our kids are in crisis