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What Motivates the Adolescent? Brain Regions Mediating Reward Sensitivity across Adolescence (2010)

Cereb. Cortex (2010) 20 (1): 61-69. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp078   First published online: April 30, 2009 Linda Van Leijenhorst1,2, Kiki Zanolie1,3, Catharina S. Van Meel1,2,4, P. Michiel Westenberg1,2, Serge A.R.B. Rombouts1,2,5 andEveline A. Crone1,2  + Author Affiliations 1Department of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300 RB Leiden, the Netherlands 2Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, 2300 RC Leiden, […]

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Compulsive Internet Use Among Adolescents: Bidirectional Parent–Child Relationships (2010)

J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2010 January; 38(1): 77–89. Published online 2009 September 2. doi:  10.1007/s10802-009-9347-8 Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden,1,2 Renske Spijkerman,3 Ad A. Vermulst,3 Tony J. van Rooij,2 and Rutger C. M. E. Engels3 Abstract Although parents experience growing concerns about their children’s excessive internet use, little is known about the role […]

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Adolescent pornographic internet site use: a multivariate regression analysis of the predictive factors of use and psychosocial implications (2009)

Cyberpsychol Behav. 2009 Oct;12(5):545-50. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0346. Tsitsika A, Critselis E, Kormas G, Konstantoulaki E, Constantopoulos A, Kafetzis D. Source Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.), Second Department of Pediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, National & KapodistrianUniversity of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece. [email protected] Abstract The study objectives were to evaluate the prevalence, predictors, and implications […]

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Adolescents and Internet Sex Addiction (2009)

Adolescents and Internet Sex Addiction (PDF) Title: Adolescents and Internet Sex Addiction Author: Dini Farhana Baharudin; Mohd. Zaliridzal Zakaria   URI: http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5257 Date: 2012-01-19 Very little thought or research has been directed to the topic of adolescents and sex addiction. Adolescents who use the Internet regularly present a new set of challenges for therapists. This […]

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A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking (2008)

Dev Rev. 2008 Mar;28(1):78-106. Steinberg L. Source Department of Psychology, Temple University. Abstract This article proposes a framework for theory and research on risk-taking that is informed by developmental neuroscience. Two fundamental questions motivate this review. First, why does risk-taking increase between childhood and adolescence? Second, why does risk-taking decline between adolescence and adulthood? Risk-taking […]

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Adolescent risk taking, impulsivity, and brain development: implications for prevention (2010)

 Dev Psychobiol. 2010 Apr;52(3):263-76. doi: 10.1002/dev.20442. Romer D. Source Annenberg Public Policy Center University of Pennsylvania, 202 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. [email protected] Abstract Individual differences in impulsivity underlie a good deal of the risk taking that is observed during adolescence, and some of the most hazardous forms of this behavior are linked […]

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Adolescent risk taking, impulsivity, and brain development: implications for prevention (2010)

 Dev Psychobiol. 2010 Apr;52(3):263-76. doi: 10.1002/dev.20442. Romer D. Source Annenberg Public Policy Center University of Pennsylvania, 202 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. [email protected] Abstract Individual differences in impulsivity underlie a good deal of the risk taking that is observed during adolescence, and some of the most hazardous forms of this behavior are linked […]

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Processes Underlying the Effects of Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material: The Role of Perceived Realism (2010)

 doi: 10.1177/0093650210362464 Communication Research June 2010 vol. 37 no. 3 375-399 Jochen Peter-University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, [email protected] Patti M. ValkenburgUniversity of Amsterdam, Netherlands, [email protected] Abstract Although research has repeatedly demonstrated a link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) and sexual attitudes, the processes underlying this association are not well understood. More specifically, […]

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Adolescents’ Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Notions of Women as Sex Objects: Assessing Causality and Underlying Processes (2009)

COMMENTS: Seeing women as sex objects was correlated to watching and liking porn. Authors: Peter, Jochen; Valkenburg, Patti M. Source:  Journal of Communication, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 407-433(27) Abstract: The aim of this study was to clarify causality in the previously established link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) and […]

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