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  2. Social media and the effects on American adolescents

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    People use social media to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos). [1] Around 95% of young people between the ages of 13–17 use at least one social media platform, [2] making it a major influence on young adolescents. While some authors claim that social media is to blame for the increase in anxiety ...

  3. Social media and identity - Wikipedia

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    Media literacy campaigns and education research shows that targeting those who fall into this age category would be the best way to understand and target their needs as young online users. [ 16 ] There are multiple individual studies investigating social media identity relating to media literacy online, however there is a need for much more ...

  4. Screens and teens: How phones broke children’s brains - AOL

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    The reason this is so pressing isn’t simply that tweens and teens aren’t paying proper attention in class. It has a far more sinister impact on children and young people’s mental health ...

  5. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 10 and 24. Cyber bullying is rapidly increasing. Some writers have suggested monitoring and educating children from a young age about the risks associated with cyber bullying. [38] Children use, on average, 27 hours of internet a week and it is on the increase.

  6. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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    "Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...

  7. Children's use of information - Wikipedia

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    An important skill children need to learn is being able to identify when a message is incomplete and they don't have enough information to make an accurate interpretation. Being aware that an ambiguous situation has arisen is difficult for young children. Children accurately "know when they know", but often overestimate when they don't know.

  8. Adolescence - Wikipedia

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    The years of adolescence create a more conscientious group of young adults. Adolescents pay close attention and give more time and effort to their appearance as their body goes through changes. Unlike children, teens put forth an effort to look presentable (1991). [4]

  9. Behavior analysis of child development - Wikipedia

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    The Association for Behavior Analysis International has a special interest group for the behavior analysis of child development. Doctoral level behavior analysts who are psychologists belong to American Psychological Association's division 25: behavior analysis. The World Association for Behavior Analysis has a certification in behavior therapy.