Parenting Journal · Volume 3 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Teens, Tech, and Talk: Adolescents’ Use of and Emotional Reactions to Snapchat’s My AI Chatbot
Originally published 2025-07-30 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs15081037 ↗
AI / system type
Generative AI/LLM: Snapchat My AI
Child-facing evidenceExamines children or child-focused systems. Transfer to everyday family life must be assessed separately.
The AI connection
Generative AI/LLM: Snapchat My AI. Connects real adolescent AI use with reported positive and negative emotional experiences.
Why this reading matters
Actual adolescent experience complements simulated safety audits and motivates open family conversations without endorsing the app.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
How does my teenager feel after talking with a social AI chatbot?
Connects real adolescent AI use with reported positive and negative emotional experiences.
Study context
303 adolescents in five Flemish secondary schools
Age / stage: Secondary-school adolescents; mean 15.89 years (SD 1.69)
Read with three questions
- How were use likelihood and emotions reported?
- Why does the age association not prove benefit for younger teens?
- How representative were the schools and family backgrounds?
Keep the limits in view
Self-report and cross-sectional design cannot establish causation or clinical benefit. Single regional school sample, relatively advantaged families and one platform limit generalization. Exact observed age range not reported in the extracted participant description.
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Gaëlle Vanhoffelen; Laura Vandenbosch; Lara Schreurs; Justin Bonny; Jiaming Fang (2025). Teens, Tech, and Talk: Adolescents’ Use of and Emotional Reactions to Snapchat’s My AI Chatbot Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15081037
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