Dr Cara Swit
Associate Professor Cara Swit leads the Relationships Lab at the University of Canterbury. She is most interested in understanding human relationships and creating opportunities for young people to share their thoughts and feelings on the issues that matter most to them. Her current research explores topics such as how media and technology shape family interactions (technoference and family media ecology), children’s prosocial and aggressive behaviours, parental burnout and wellbeing, and the impact of media and technology on youth mental health and wellness. At the University of Canterbury, Cara teaches courses related to Child and Family Psychology.
Email: cara.swit@canterbury.ac.nz
LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/cara-swit-13077b116
Sarah Tolerton
The Effect of Normative Beliefs and Anxiety on Defending Behaviour in Preschool Children
Project status: Completed
Sarah Crossan
Developing a Measure of Young Children’s Experiences of Caregiver Technoference and the Associated Emotional Impacts
Project status: Completed
Chris Kelly
The Development of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Problematic Media Use in Young Children
Project status: In progress