Adolescents increasingly find it difficult to picture their lives without social media.
Practitioners need to be able to assess risk, and social media may be a new component to …

Research linking social media use and adolescent mental health has produced mixed and
inconsistent findings and little translational evidence, despite pressure to deliver concrete …

This review provides an overview of the literature regarding digital technology use and
adolescent well-being. Overall, findings imply that the general effects are on the negative …

Social media platforms allow people to connect with each other and obtain social rewards.
In some individuals, these reinforcing rewards can induce maladaptive, problematic social …

Investigators have long recognized that adolescents' peer experiences provide a crucial
context for the acquisition of developmental competencies, as well as potential risks for a …

With the rise of online social networking, social relationships are increasingly developed
and maintained in a digital domain. Drawing conclusions about the impact of the digital …

Social virtual reality (social VR) platforms are gaining popularity among users. Previous
qualitative research suggests that feelings of presence can make these platforms an …

People can benefit from disclosing negative emotions or stigmatized facets of their identities,
and psychologists have noted that imagery can be an effective medium for expressing …

The privacy calculus established that online self-disclosures are based on a cost-benefit
tradeoff. For the context of SNSs, however, the privacy calculus still needs further support as …

Support seeking in stigmatized contexts is useful when the discloser receives the desired
response, but it also entails social risks. Thus, people do not always disclose or seek …