Tag: adolescence

Study suggests more sleep may help teens with ADHD focus and organize

From the American Physiological Society press release: Teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may benefit from more sleep to help them focus, plan and control their emotions. The findings… Read more »

Study suggests screen time — even before bed — has little impact on teen well-being

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Data from more than 17,000 teenagers show little evidence of a relationship between screen time and well-being in adolescents. The study, published… Read more »

Study suggests parental behavior affects the involvement of children in cyberbullying

From the University of Seville press release: Experts from the Universities of Seville and Cordoba have recently published a study of the perception that adolescents have of the upbringing they… Read more »

Study suggests eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: Parents hoping to raise teenagers with positive body image might just find helpful tools in the kitchen every morning. A new study from… Read more »

Study suggests that young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region

From the University of Cambridge press release: Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international… Read more »

Study suggests effect of emotional self-control on parenting interactions

From the University of Rochester press release: The field of adolescent psychology is increasingly focused on parents, with researchers asking how mothers and fathers control themselves (and their rising anger)… Read more »

Study suggests that heavy drinking in teens causes lasting changes in emotional center of brain

From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: Binge drinking in adolescence has been shown to have lasting effects on the wiring of the brain and is associated with… Read more »

Study links back pain to mental health problems and risky behaviors in teenagers

From the Oxford University Press USA press release: A new study in the Journal of Public Health indicates that adolescents who experience back pain more frequently are also more likely to smoke… Read more »