teenagers

An Australian study found that sleep deprivation can lead to depression, anger, and a loss of energy. Flinders University asked 34 teenagers aged 15-17 to spend a total of ten days and nine nights at a sleep center. They were assigned to one of three sleeping 'doses' over five nights - either...

A new study shows that parents can engage in listening techniques like eye contact, nodding, and using key words to praise openness to help them when they share their hurt feelings with parents. University of Reading and Haifa researchers asked 1001 teenagers aged 13-16 to view a staged...

Most teenagers don't recall life before the internet. They have grown up in a connected world, and being online has become one of the main resources of learning, socializing and entertaining. As many previous studies have pointed out, and as many parents worry, this fact doesn't come risk free...

Links to negative thoughts and perfectism Nagging negative thoughts - and striving for perfection - keep teenagers awake at night, raising their chance of becoming depressed and anxious, a new study shows. An online study of almost 400 adolescents aged 14 to 20 years confirmed the link...

Teenagers in the US simply don't get enough shut eye. The consequences of this epidemic of sleep deprivation are extensive and include increasing rates of anxiety and depression among adolescents, as well as suicidal thoughts and actions. Sleep-deprived teens are more likely to be involved in...

Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation. The findings of an international study carried out by researchers from the University of Zurich and others now offer a neurobiological...

Oxford Internet Institute study of teenage social media use and life satisfaction Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, used an eight-year survey of UK households (Understanding Society, part of the UK Household Longitudinal Study) to study how...

Kaiser Permanente researchers find long-term benefits for patients and health organizations that employ screenings, interventions, and referrals Screenings, interventions, and referrals can help adolescent teens overcome substance abuse in the short-term. Less is known about the long-term...

Only 1 in 20 U.S. adolescents is meeting national recommendations for sleeping, physical activity, and screen time, according to new research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, also revealed differences in the...