adolescence

Fear of Missing Out Isn’t Just for Kids These Days

Stressed Young woman sitting at home on the couch looking at mobile phone

Social media use can be stressful for some more than others.

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Problematic Internet Use: Is the Person or the Internet the Problem?

Sad female checking phone content in the night at home

Does more time on the internet shape one’s personality or does one’s personality lead to more time spent online?

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All the cool kids aren't doing it: Teens stink at judging peers' behavior

By Sarah W. Helms

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Timing Matters: Patterns of Emotion Dynamics Between Mothers and Children During Adolescence

By Alexandra Main

Adolescence is a time period when a children’s relationships with their parents can undergo transformations that increase conflict and negative emotion (Laursen & Collins, 2009). To better understand how these conflicts are managed, my colleagues and I analyzed the emotion dynamics—i.e., the patterns of emotional exchange between parents and adolescents—during conflict discussions.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI July 20, 2018

This week round-up covers the gamut — from sex to cynicism to the World Cup. See what you may have missed online.

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A Meta-Analysis of Peer Norms and Their Relation to Adolescent Sexual Behavior

Researchers at Utrecht University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute collaborated on a meta-analysis of research on adolescent sexual behavior. The goal was to analyze how this behavior is related to adolescents' perceptions of three types of sexual peer norms, including how sexually active their peers are, how much their peers would approve of being sexually active, or how much they feel pressured by their peers to have sex.

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