The initial use of illicit drugs and alcohol typically occurs during adolescence. Individual
differences in impulsivity and related constructs are consistently identified as key factors in …

Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma revisão sistemática para identificar os
transtornos mais prevalentes na infância e adolescência e possíveis fatores associados …

PURPOSE: To:(1) determine the association between Internet addiction and depression, self-
reported symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social phobia, and …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent to which gender and other factors predict the
severity of online gaming addiction among Taiwanese adolescents. A total of 395 junior high …

Using a probability sample of 4,230 adolescents from grades 7–12, we used negative
binomial regression to estimate the effects of peer and six family variables on the risk of …

One of the challenges for scholars studying communication and culture has been the
ubiquitous nature of theory. Communication studies has traditionally drawn upon theories …

Objective: Internet addiction (IA) has become a global public health issue. Although previous
studies revealed several risk factors related to IA, most of them focused on the western …

This article reports the results of research exploring how ethnicity and ethnic identity may
“protect” adolescents against drug use and help them form antidrug use norms. This study …

This study examines how strength of ethnic identity, multiethnic identity, and other indicators
of biculturalism relate to the drug use norms of urban American Indian middle school …

This study examined the linkages among girls' best friendships and romantic relationships
and accounted for the level of dating involvement as a moderating variable. Social …