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Social Media Is Attention Alcohol
Last year, researchers at Instagram published disturbing findings from an internal study on the app’s effect on young women. “Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them
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Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
About a year ago, teenager Anastasia Vlasova started seeing a therapist. She had developed an eating disorder, and had a clear idea of what led to it: her time on Instagram. She joined the platform
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Teens Who Spend Moderate Time Online Cope Better With Psychological Stress Than Others, Study Reveals
Teens could spend their whole day doing activities that drain their energy, which sometimes gives them psychological stress. But they also develop different coping strategies to destress, such as spending time online. A new study
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How Much Time Should Teenagers Spend Online?
As technology evolves and our lives become increasingly digital, deciding how much teenagers should spend online is a difficult problem for any concerned parent. While much has been said about the potential detrimental effects of
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Helping Students Cope with the Pressure to Succeed
Experts say that students from high achieving schools, who are privileged in terms of educational opportunities, are at greater risk of substance abuse, depression and anxiety than the national norm, because of an unrelenting, insidious
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on evaluation in psychopathology, adolescents’ use of digital technologies and mental health, depression in adolescents and their parents, childhood adversity and cardiovascular reactions, self-regulation and institutionalized children, marital satisfaction and mental health, and the benefits of imagining one’s goals.
