Dr Holly Scott

  • Lecturer (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)

email: Holly.Scott@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 406, 62 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QB

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You can find up to date information about my drop-in student hours, working pattern and upcoming annual leave on this Sway

Research interests

My research interests are around young people's health and wellbeing, exploring how universities, schools, policymakers and parents can support this through evidence-based approaches informed by young people's perspectives.


My PhD research focused on how young people's experiences on social media interact with sleep, mental health and wellbeing. This combined methodologies to move beyond "screentime" and instead explore the unique social, emotional and cognitive processes linking social media interactions to sleep. As part of this research, I have worked in partnership with schools across Scotland to explore supporting healthy sleep, mental health and social media literacy.


Current supervised projects are using quantitative and qualitative methods to better understand influences on university students' health and wellbeing.

Publications

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2022

Mackenzie, Mark D., Scott, Holly, Reid, Kate ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-3830 and Gardani, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971 (2022) Adolescent perspectives of bedtime social media use: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 63, 101626. (doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101626)

2021

Scott, Holly, Biello, Stephany M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 (2021) Nodding off but can't disconnect: development and validation of the iNOD index of Nighttime Offline Distress. Sleep Medicine, 81, pp. 430-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.045)

2019

Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 and Scott, Holly (2019) Merging the biological and cognitive processes of sleep and screens. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 150-155. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00149-8)

2018

Scott, Holly and Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 (2018) Fear of missing out and sleep: cognitive behavioural factors in adolescents' nighttime social media use. Journal of Adolescence, 68, pp. 61-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.009) (PMID:30031979)

2016

Woods, Heather Cleland ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 and Scott, Holly (2016) #Sleepyteens: social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 51, pp. 41-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008) (PMID:27294324)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 03:39:20 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 5.

Articles

Mackenzie, Mark D., Scott, Holly, Reid, Kate ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-3830 and Gardani, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971 (2022) Adolescent perspectives of bedtime social media use: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 63, 101626. (doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101626)

Scott, Holly, Biello, Stephany M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 (2021) Nodding off but can't disconnect: development and validation of the iNOD index of Nighttime Offline Distress. Sleep Medicine, 81, pp. 430-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.045)

Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 and Scott, Holly (2019) Merging the biological and cognitive processes of sleep and screens. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 150-155. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00149-8)

Scott, Holly and Cleland Woods, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 (2018) Fear of missing out and sleep: cognitive behavioural factors in adolescents' nighttime social media use. Journal of Adolescence, 68, pp. 61-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.009) (PMID:30031979)

Woods, Heather Cleland ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5925 and Scott, Holly (2016) #Sleepyteens: social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 51, pp. 41-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008) (PMID:27294324)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 03:39:20 2025 BST.

Dr Holly Scott