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Costina-Ruxandra Poetar; Anca Dobrean; Ionut Stelian Florean – Youth & Society, 2024
The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of mutual relations within the Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) (first network) and between adolescent mental health problems and PSU (second network). The invariance of both networks was investigated across age, gender, and severity of symptoms. The participants were 708 Romanian adolescents…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Özge Pinarcik Sakaryali; Nur Banu Yigit – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2024
This study explores the relationship between social media addiction, mental wellbeing, and emotional states among Early Childhood Education (ECE) candidates. Utilizing a sample of 330 ECE students from Düzce University and Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, the research employed the Social Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form, Positive and Negative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Mental Health
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Watson, Joshua C.; Prosek, Elizabeth A.; Giordano, Amanda L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
This study aimed to explore the effects of mattering, social media addiction, online activity, school connectedness, age, and gender on anxiety/depressive symptomatology among U.S. adolescents. A nationally representative Qualtrics panel sample consisting of 441 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 17.3; SD[subscript age] = 1.67) participated in this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Stress Variables, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Noltemeyer, Amity; Huang, Haigen; Meehan, Cricket; Jordan, Emily; Morio, Kristen; Shaw, Kevin; Oberlin, Kathy – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2020
Although mental health concerns are common among children and adolescents, youth-serving adults often feel underprepared in responding to these challenges. Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a training program designed to teach adults how to assist youths experiencing mental health or addiction challenges. This pilot program evaluation study…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Addictive Behavior, Mental Disorders, Program Effectiveness
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Pollock, Elaine; O'Shea, Johanna; Killick, Campbell – Child Care in Practice, 2021
Self-harm continues to be a growing concern within adolescence and is a globally recognised public health and social problem. Adolescents living in the community who self-harm are extremely common however less is known about these young people. This study focussed on capturing the voice of young people who engage in cutting behaviour to provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Destructive Behavior, Injuries, Adolescents
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Taylor, Myra Frances – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
This paper, details from an educational perspective the reasons graffitists give for their involvement in graffiti. Data gathered from interviews, web-blogs and newspaper reports were analysed within the grounded theory tradition allowing the core category of, "addicted to the risk, recognition and respect that the graffiti lifestyle provides" to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Rewards
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2021, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year has been converted into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology