The cost of being 'liked' on social media
New doctoral research has found that vulnerable adolescent females are most likely to compare themselves negatively to photos on Instagram.
New doctoral research has found that vulnerable adolescent females are most likely to compare themselves negatively to photos on Instagram.
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2021
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About 61% of Americans have had at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), experts' formal term for a traumatic childhood event.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2021
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The last decade has seen the highest-ever number of people displaced by conflict and violence globally. There are an estimated 51 million people displaced within their own borders. And the number of refugees has doubled to ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2021
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The needs of millions of overlooked, 'left behind' adolescent women must become a more significant priority within international efforts to end poverty by 2030, a UK Government-commissioned report is urging.
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2021
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Adolescent mothers often fall through the cracks of educational programming. This is highly problematic given that globally an estimated 12 million girls between the ages of 15-19, and 777,000 girls under the age of 15, give ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2021
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Early adolescence is where gender inequalities most markedly emerge according to new research led by Burnet Institute and funded by UNICEF.
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2020
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If effective school zoning policies were widely applied, more adolescents would get valuable exercise walking or cycling to their nearest school, an Otago researcher says.
Education
Oct 12, 2020
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A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Arkikus, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Instituto Alavés de Arqueología, has found evidence of an ancient massacre in an Iron Age village. In their paper published in the journal ...
America's youth have historically been excluded from using public spaces how they want, in addition to being left out of design discussions. Including them in this process will have long-term societal benefits, according ...
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2020
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In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and many more, a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that religion may offer a protective role for black adolescent boys who ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2020
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