From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Young people’s choices about using drugs and alcohol are influenced by peers—not only close friends, but also sports teammates. A new study of…
From the Arizona State University press release: A new study provides evidence that adolescents who suffer from depression are more likely to experience difficulty in peer relationships, including being bullied at school. It’s often assumed…
From the RAND Corporation press release via EurekAlert!: A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according to a new RAND Corporation…
From the Stanford School of Medicine press release: For the first time, researchers have scanned the brains of children watching funny videos to examine which of their brain regions are active as their sense of…
From the SAGE Publications press release: If you want to change how teenagers view bullying, go to the straight to the source of most school trends: the most connected crowd. According to new intervention research,…
From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study in the January issue of Sociology…
From the Stanford University press release: Tweenage girls who spend endless hours watching videos and multitasking with digital devices tend to be less successful with social and emotional development, according to Stanford researchers. But these…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via EurekAlert!: A pair of studies by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm® identify factors that may lead teens to drive with multiple peer passengers and,…
From the University of Bristol press release via HealthCanal: New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol, which has been charting the health of 14,500 children since their birth…
From the University of Canberra press release via EurekAlert!: We can teach young drivers to be safer behind the wheel by helping them change the way they think, a University of Canberra researcher has found.…