From the University of Sussex media release: The pressure to be cool, look good and own the ‘right stuff’ is detrimental to many children and teenagers, according to new research by University of Sussex psychologists. The…
From the Case Western Reserve University media release: Since 1994, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have studied mothers — some who used cocaine while pregnant and others who did not — to understand how…
From the Paul Merage School of Business media release: For decades, the tobacco and alcohol industries have been accused of advertising their products to kids. Tremendous public pressure has prompted the implementation of strict guidelines. Today,…
From the American Sociological Association media release: Early adolescent girls lose friends for having sex and gain friends for “making out,” while their male peers lose friends for “making out” and gain friends for having sex,…
From the Concordia University media release: There are fewer smokers in the current generation of adolescents. Current figures show about 25 per cent of teens smoke, down dramatically from 40 per cent in 1987. But…
From the Queensland University of Technology media release: Solo travellers don’t go alone because they have to, they do it because they want to, a new Queensland University of Technology study has found. Professor Constanza (Connie)…
From the Society for Research in Child Development media release: Adolescents who have romantic relationships tend to have more problems with psychosocial adjustment. In contrast, young adults who have romantic relationships tend to have fewer problems…
From the Society for Research in Child Development media release: Children with better academic and behavioral functioning when they start kindergarten often have better educational and societal opportunities as they grow up. For instance, children entering…
From the Nationwide Children’s Hospital media release: Findings from Nationwide Children’s Hospital physicians demonstrate that headaches increase in fall in children, a trend that may be due to back-to-school changes in stress, routines, and sleep.…
From the JAMA Network Journals media release: Children with parents or caregivers currently serving in the military had a higher prevalence of substance use, violence, harassment and weapon-carrying than their nonmilitary peers in a study of…