Dr Cara Booker Research Fellow and Graduate Director, University of Essex

Email

cbooker@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 873026

Office

2N2.4.24

Graduate Studies

• Cara is Director, and Janice Webb is Administrator of Graduate Studies
• Please follow this link to find out about PhD study at ISER

Research Interests

• Psychosocial determinants and risk factors of health across the life-course
• Social inequalities in health-related behaviours and wellbeing among adolescents
• Social media interaction and adolescent and young adult wellbeing
• Emerging inequalitiees
• Parental relationships and child wellbeing

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Publications

Displaying publications 31 - 35 of 35 in total

1. Chronic illness and subjective well-being of family members -conference paper abstract-

   Cara L. Booker and Amanda Sacker

   Journal Article, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - 2011
   1. Well Being
   2. Health

2. Maximising the return from cohort studies

   Alistair Leyland, I. White, S. Harding, et al.

   Journal Article, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - 2011
   1. Survey Methodology
   2. Health

3. A systematic review of the effect of retention methods in population-based cohort studies

   Cara L. Booker, Seeromanie Harding, and Michaela Benzeval

   Journal Article, BMC Public Health - 2011
   1. Survey Methodology
   2. Health

4. Health and biomeasure data in Understanding Society

   Cara L. Booker and Stephanie L. McFall

   Conference Paper, British Sociological Association Conference - Apr 2011

5. Young People and Well-being

   Heather Laurie, Cara L. Booker, Alexandra J. Skew, et al.

   Conference Paper, Young People and Well-being -

Media

Displaying media publications 16 - 30 of 41 in total

1. Social media negatively affects teen girls more than boys

   Media - 20 Mar 2018

2. Too much social media at age 10 may make for unhappy teen girls

   Media - 20 Mar 2018

3. Calling time on a life of likes could be key to girls’ happiness

   Media - 20 Mar 2018

4. Social media use at age 10 could reduce wellbeing of adolescent girls

   Media - 19 Mar 2018

5. Out of work again? The psychological impacts of repeated unemployment

   Media - Sep 2016

6. Phones 'need health warnings'

   Media - 12 Oct 2015

7. Smartphones should come with warnings, says report

   Media - 12 Oct 2015

8. Tech companies urged to protect the young from dangers of excessive screen time

   Media - 11 Oct 2015

9. Tech companies urged to protect young from dangers of excessive screen time

   Media - 10 Oct 2015

10. Caring for the elderly

    Media - Jan 2014

11. Drink rethink

    Media - Jan 2014

12. Junk food and fizzy drinks cause children to be TWICE as unhappy as their healthier counterparts

    Media - 09 Dec 2013

13. Suffolk: obesity related health conditions soar

    Media - 09 Apr 2012

14. A healthy teenager is a happy teenager

    Media - 05 Mar 2012

15. Teens junking healthy lifestyle kiss happiness away

    Media - 04 Mar 2012