The need to belong: A deep dive into the origins, implications, and future of a foundational construct

KA Allen, DLL Gray, RF Baumeister… - Educational psychology …, 2022 - Springer
The need to belong in human motivation is relevant for all academic disciplines that study
human behavior, with immense importance to educational psychology. The presence of …

Annual Research Review: Sex, gender, and internalizing conditions among adolescents in the 21st century–trends, causes, consequences

KM Keyes, JM Platt - Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Internalizing conditions of psychopathology include depressive and anxiety disorders; they
most often onset in adolescence, are relatively common, and contribute to significant …

Belonging: A review of conceptual issues, an integrative framework, and directions for future research

KA Allen, ML Kern, CS Rozek… - Australian journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: A sense of belonging–the subjective feeling of deep connection with social
groups, physical places, and individual and collective experiences–is a fundamental human …

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student wellbeing at universities in the United Kingdom: A conceptual analysis

D Burns, N Dagnall, M Holt - Frontiers in education, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Transitioning into the university environment can be both exciting and stressful for new and
returning students alike. The pressure to perform well academically in an increasingly …

Is social media bad for mental health and wellbeing? Exploring the perspectives of adolescents

M O'reilly, N Dogra, N Whiteman… - Clinical child …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite growing evidence of the effects of social media on the mental health of adolescents,
there is still a dearth of empirical research into how adolescents themselves perceive social …

[HTML][HTML] Positive effects of digital technology use by adolescents: A sco** review of the literature

A Haddock, N Ward, R Yu, N O'Dea - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study examines the research literature published from 2012 to 2022 on the relationship
between increases in adolescent consumption of digital technologies and its impact on …

[HTML][HTML] Problematic social media use: Results from a large-scale nationally representative adolescent sample

F Bányai, Á Zsila, O Király, A Maraz, Z Elekes… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Despite social media use being one of the most popular activities among adolescents,
prevalence estimates among teenage samples of social media (problematic) use are lacking …

What schools need to know about fostering school belonging: A meta-analysis

K Allen, ML Kern, D Vella-Brodrick, J Hattie… - Educational psychology …, 2018 - Springer
Belonging is an essential aspect of psychological functioning. Schools offer unique
opportunities to improve belonging for school-aged children. Research on school belonging …

Student belongingness in higher education: Lessons for Professors from the COVID-19 pandemic

D Tice, R Baumeister, J Crawford… - Journal of University …, 2021 - search.informit.org
'To learn about X, observe what happens to the system when X is removed.'What happens to
the higher education student experience when, during a pandemic, so many of the avenues …

The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study.

CS Andreassen, J Billieux, MD Griffiths… - … of addictive behaviors, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Over the last decade, research into “addictive technological behaviors” has substantially
increased. Research has also demonstrated strong associations between addictive use of …