Tag: Adolescents
Pandemic has teens feeling worried, unmotivated and disconnected from school
Leah M. Lessard, University of Connecticut
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many U.S. teens were more worried about the...
Teens with secure family relationships ‘pay it forward’ with empathy for...
Jessica Stern, University of Virginia
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Should my child get the COVID-19 vaccine? 7 questions answered by...
Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia
The Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine...
Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may...
Louise Chawla, University of Colorado Boulder
As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that...
Why questions (good and bad) matter
Marcello Fiocco, University of California, Irvine
Children are naturally inquisitive and tolerant. Many constantly ask questions. At some point, most of them – most of...
How to keep teen boys happily singing – instead of giving...
Patrick K. Freer, Georgia State University
Boys like to sing. Adolescent boys around the world report the same thing: They enjoy singing and want to...
Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos...
Yalda T. Uhls, University of California, Los Angeles
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
An essential social skill is...
WTF? Slurs offend young adults more than swearing
Benjamin Bergen, University of California San Diego
In 1972, the comedian George Carlin performed a comedy routine in which he listed the seven words you...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
