Adolescent neuroscience of addiction: A new era (2015)

LINK TO PAPER Volume 16, December 2015, Pages 192–193 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Substance Use and the Adolescent Brain: Developmental Impacts, Interventions, and Longitudinal Outcomes Jay N. Giedd Adolescence has long been recognized as a time of dramatic changes in body and behavior. More recently it is being recognized as a time of dramatic changes in […]

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Developmental imaging genetics: linking dopamine function to adolescent behavior (2014)

Brain Cogn. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Aug 1. Published in final edited form as: Brain Cogn. 2014 Aug; 89: 27–38. Published online 2013 Oct 17. doi:  10.1016/j.bandc.2013.09.011 PMCID: PMC4226044 NIHMSID: NIHMS535184   Aarthi Padmanabhan1 and Beatriz Luna1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]

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Adolescent Pornography Use and Dating Violence among a Sample of Primarily Black and Hispanic, Urban-Residing, Underage Youth (2015)

Behav Sci (Basel). 2015 Dec 23;6(1). pii: E1. doi: 10.3390/bs6010001. Rothman EF1, Adhia A2. Abstract This cross-sectional study was designed to characterize the pornography viewing preferences of a sample of U.S.-based, urban-residing, economically disadvantaged, primarily Black and Hispanic youth (n = 72), and to assess whether pornography use was associated with experiences of adolescent dating […]

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Brain connectivity and psychiatric comorbidity in adolescents with Internet gaming disorder (2015)

Addict Biol. 2015 Dec 22. doi: 10.1111/adb.12347. Han DH1, Kim SM1, Bae S2, Renshaw PF3, Anderson JS4. Abstract Prolonged Internet video game play may have multiple and complex effects on human cognition and brain development in both negative and positive ways. There is not currently a consensus on the principle effects of video game play […]

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A 2 year longitudinal study of prospective predictors of pathological Internet use in adolescents (2015)

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2015 Nov 2. Strittmatter E1,2, Parzer P1, Brunner R1, Fischer G1, Durkee T3, Carli V3, Hoven CW4,5, Wasserman C4,6, Sarchiapone M6, Wasserman D3, Resch F1, Kaess M7. Abstract Longitudinal studies of prospective predictors for pathological Internet use (PIU) in adolescents as well as its course are lacking. This three-wave longitudinal study […]

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An associative account of how the obesogenic environment biases adolescents food choices (2015)

Appetite. 2015 Oct 16. pii: S0195-6663(15)30059-3. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.10.008. Watson P1, Wiers RW2, Hommel B3, Ridderinkhof KR4, de Wit S5. Abstract Adolescents and children are the targets of much food advertising, the majority of which is for unhealthy snacks. Although the effects of advertising on food preferences and consummatory behavior are well documented, our understanding of […]

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Adolescent Internet Addiction in Hong Kong: Prevalence, Change, and Correlates (2015)

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Oct 9. pii: S1083-3188(15)00326-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.10.005. [Epub ahead of print] Shek DT1, Yu L2. Abstract STUDY OBJECTIVES: Prevalence, change, and correlates of adolescent Internet addiction were examined in this study based on six waves of longitudinal data collected over six years. DESIGN: Over six years, students responded to a questionnaire […]

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Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects (2015)

Dev Psychol. 2015 Oct;51(10):1476-88. doi: 10.1037/dev0000040. Epub 2015 Aug 10. Doornwaard SM1, Bickham DS2, Rich M2, Ter Bogt TF1, van den Eijnden RJ1. Abstract Although research has repeatedly demonstrated that adolescents’ use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) is related to their endorsement of permissive sexual attitudes and their experience with sexual behavior, it is […]

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Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Adolescents’ Sexual Uncertainty: The Role of Disposition-Content Congruency (2015)

Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Sep 15.  van Oosten JM1. Abstract Previous research has suggested that adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) may result in sexual uncertainty because the content of SEIM may conflict with what adolescents have learned about sex. However, research on which type of adolescent is most susceptible to the relation […]

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Disrupted inter-hemispheric functional and structural coupling in Internet addiction adolescents (2015)

Psychiatry Res. 2015 Sep 12. pii: S0925-4927(15)30070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.08.012. [Epub ahead of print] Bi Y1, Yuan K2, Feng D1, Xing L1, Li Y1, Wang H3, Yu D4, Xue T5, Jin C6, Qin W1, Tian J7. Abstract Rapid progress had been made towards the effect of Internet addiction (IA) on the adolescents brain, relatively little is […]

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