COMMENTS: Could indicate escalation. This longitudinal study reported greater “exposure” to affection-themed Internet pornography for younger adolescents and more exposure to dominance-themed pornography for older adolescents. Laura Vandenbosch, Computers in Human Behavior Volume 50, September 2015, Pages 439–448 Highlights A longitudinal study among 1577 Dutch adolescents was conducted. Age negatively predicted exposure to affection-themed sexually […]
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CAN DOWNLOAD PDF ON THIS PAGE Julia Springate, University of Kentucky Hatim A. Omar, University of KentuckyFollow Abstract The object of this review is to summarize the impact of the Internet on the sexual health of adolescents. This article examines the use of websites, blogs and chat rooms as sources for sexual health information for […]
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Published online before print October 21, 2014, doi:10.1177/1066480714555672 The Family Journal January 2015 vol. 23 no. 1 82-89< Zachary D. Bloom1⇑ W. Bryce Hagedorn1 1University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Zachary D. Bloom, College of Education and Human Performance, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. Email: [email protected] Abstract Since the advent of the Internet, the pornography business has […]
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COMMENTS: Study found significant correlation between porn use and visiting prostitutes. An article about the study (April 10). Excerpts from the article: Another worrying finding is that of those who had paid for sex, their median age was only 16 and 38 per cent had their first sexual encounter with a sex worker. Doctors and […]
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Eur J Pediatr. 2016 Apr 13. Goldfield GS1,2,3,4,5, Murray M6, Maras D7, Wilson AL6, Phillips P8, Kenny GP9, Hadjiyannakis S10,11, Alberga A9, Cameron JD10, Tulluch H12, Sigal RJ13. Abstract Obese adolescents spend a disproportionate time in screen-based activities and are at higher risk for clinical depression compared to their normal-weight peers. While screen time is […]
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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 19, June 2016, Pages 1–18 Roberta A. Schribera, , , Amanda E. Guyera, b, , Show more doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2015.12.009 Highlights • We propose a framework, adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context. • This framework pivots about brain-based individual differences in social sensitivity. • Adolescent brain indices may moderate the effect of social […]
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(3), 294; doi:10.3390/ijerph13030294 Tony Durkee 1,*, Vladimir Carli 1, Birgitta Floderus 2, Camilla Wasserman 3,4, Marco Sarchiapone 3,5, Alan Apter 6, Judit A. Balazs 7,8, Julio Bobes 9, Romuald Brunner 10, Paul Corcoran 11, Doina Cosman 12, Christian Haring 13, Christina W. Hoven 4,14, Michael Kaess 10, Jean-Pierre […]
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Mar 14;13(3). pii: E313. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030313. Tan Y1, Chen Y2, Lu Y3, Li L4. Abstract The primary aim of this study was to examine associations between problematic Internet use, depression and sleep disturbance, and explore whether there were differential effects of problematic Internet use and depression on sleep […]
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Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2011 Sep;14(9):511-7. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0189. Peter J1, Valkenburg PM. Abstract Previous research on the influence of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) on adolescents’ stereotypical beliefs about women’s sexual roles has three shortcomings. First, the role of peers has been neglected; second, stereotypical beliefs have rarely been studied as causing the use of […]
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Florian Rehbein1,*, Sören Kliem1, Dirk Baier1, Thomas Mößle1 andNancy M. Petry2 Article first published online: 10 MAR 2015 DOI: 10.1111/add.12849 Addiction Volume 110, Issue 5, pages 842–851, May 2015 Abstract Background and aims Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is included as a condition for further study in Section 3 of the DSM-5. Nine criteria were proposed with […]
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