The result is an overwhelming wave of social information. It's especially intense for adolescents whose developmental sensitivities drive them to care deeply about what their peers are doing and thinking. Signi
One potent environmental factor influencing the rise in obesity is the pervasive presence of food and beverage marketing to young people. Today, much of the food marketing relies on social media, and adolescents are heavy users of social media. In countries such as the USA and Sweden, more ...
Social media addiction is a growing topic of debate and controversy, with researchers disagreeing on the degree to which it constitutes a true addiction. What's clear, however, is that people have strong responses to social media (both its presence and then its absence). To some clinicians, ...
“Parties used to enable young people to expand their social circle, meet potential romantic partners, or take an existing friendship to a romantic or sexual level. Now adolescents can expand their social circle, meet potential romantic partners, and try on a more flirtatious and confident persona...
There is less peer pressure to drink and more room for competing activities. This opening of a homogeneous drinking culture to the acceptance of differences may function as a social mechanism that increases the success of other social mechanisms to reduce adolescents' drinking. Furthermore, the ...
While it may seem counter-intuitive to ask adolescents to look at situations objectively, the challenge ultimately allows them to grow. Carine Dieudé Partner, Strategy Director | Director of the Board, Mentorship Chair I don’t know about you but I have felt at times that the universe wasn’...
While SA/CSB is not gender-specific, the majority of individuals in this cohort are known to be heterosexual men in relationships with women; men seem to be involved in these types of interaction four times more often than women (Ballester-Arnal et al.,2013; Cooper et al.,2000; Kishor et...
“Adolescents have reported that they experimented with marijuana to enhance sexuality; to feel more confident; for pleasure and relaxation; to make themselves more comfortable in social situations; to understand themselves better; for acceptance by their peers or to achieve elevated social status; to...
their nature. Depending on location, society, socioeconomic background, and most importantly upbringing at home, one’s experience with nurture is shaped through early formative experiences that will either benefit or challenge them as they grow into young children, adolescents and later on into ...
Smokers' taste buds are in direct contact with chemical compounds which reduce ability to register salt, sweet, sour and bitter, while obesity – though this is particularly associated with children and adolescents – may reduce perception of sweetness, bitterness and saltiness. Pregnancy is definitely...