Some teenage girls are clocking up close to 6 hours a day on their smartphones, with a significant proportion of them likely addicted to social media, finds research published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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A new study among ninth-graders attending lower secondary school inSwedish-speaking areas of Finland identified four perfectionistic profiles with varying associations with students’ psychological well-being.
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A quarter of parents report that caffeine is basically part of their teen’s daily life, according to a national poll.
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Using cannabis on a regular basis may be significantly more dangerous for adolescents than adults, with adolescents showing higher levels of cannabis use disorder and reporting greater negative impacts on daily functioning than adults, according to a new study.
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