A short-term longitudinal study of Internet and computer game use by adolescent boys and girls: prevalence, frequency of use, and psychosocial predictors.

By Teena Willoughby. Developmental Psychology, 2008

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Using Technology to Connect in Romantic Relationships: Effects on Attachment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Stability in Emerging Adults (2013, background): “Additionally, it was found that computer use by young people was associated with higher friendship quality, perhaps because technology has created a normative standard for connecting in peer relationships among youth (Willoughby, 2008).”
Friends, fun, frustration and fantasy: Child motivations for video game play (2013, background): “By contrast, only a few studies have examined motivations for video game use (Przybylski et al. 2010; Willoughby 2008; Yee 2006).”
Internet use and Problematic Internet Use: a systematic review of longitudinal research trends in adolescence and emergent adulthood (2017, background): “one found higher friendship quality to predict higher IU (Willoughby, 2008), and the second found lower support and social adjustment to be predictors of PIU (Chen et al.”
Unwanted Online Sexual Solicitation and Risky Sexual Online Behavior across the Lifespan (2010, background): “First, adolescents are massive users of the internet, and they use the internet for leisure time activities more than adults do (Hasebrink, Livingstone, & Haddon, 2008; Willoughby, 2008).”