Sexting among youths has become a necessary topic of interest in research because of the
negative consequences that this activity could create, especially when content is shared with …

As social media use is rising among adolescents, the issue of whether this use leads to
positive or negative outcomes warrants greater understanding. This article critically reviews …

How does the time children spend using digital technology impact their mental well-being,
social relationships and physical acti Page 1 How does the time children spend using digital …

Self-presentation, a central element of young people's identity development, now extends
from face-to-face contexts to social networking sites. Online self-presentation may change …

Background Connectedness to family and peers is a key determinant of adolescent mental
health. Existing research examining associations between social media use and social …

Close to 90% of US adolescents now own or have access to a mobile phone, and they are
using them frequently. Adolescents send and receive an average of over 60 text messages …

Objectives This study examines associations between social media use and multiple sleep
parameters in a large representative adolescent sample, controlling for a wide range of …

Highlights•Adolescence may be a period of heightened sensitivity to social reward.•Playing
with a conspecific is more rewarding for adolescent than adult rats.•Human adolescents …

How does online technology affect sociability? Emerging evidence—much of it inconclusive—
suggests a nuanced relationship between use of online technology (the Internet, social …

With the outbreak of COVID-19, online sharing of rumors about the disease is of growing
concern worldwide. Drawing on the stimulus–organism–response (S–OR) framework, this …