Young people across Europe are spending more time online than ever before, but at what cost to their mental health?
Our research paper examines the digital risks and challenges faced by young adults (18โ25) in ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ, ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐, ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ณ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐.
Key insights from the study:
- Between ๐ญ๐ฑ% ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฌ% of young people in Europe have experienced cyberbullying (in Albania, shockingly, ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฌ youth report being victims).
- Excessive screen time (3โ6 hours daily) ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข.
- Online spaces can be both ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ณ๐๐น, offering community while also enabling anxiety, addiction, and isolation.
- Parents, teachers, and schools often ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Most importantly, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ co-created with young participants: building resilience, strengthening digital literacy, and ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ the full research paper here:
Albanian version https://www.togetherforlife.org.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Research-Paper-MYndTheater-Albanian-version.pdf
English versionย https://www.togetherforlife.org.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Research-Paper-MYndTheater-English.pdf
