Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

In an article published in the journal Nature Reviews Psychology, researchers in Germany and the United Kingdom described the mechanisms through which social media might influence behavioral, ...

If you remember your pre-teen and teenage years, you can probably recall the intense feelings of anxiety, embarrassment, mood swings, and the desperate need for your peer's approval. More than any ...

Roughly one-in-five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily.

Study of 2,000 twins shows teenage body dissatisfaction predicts adult depression and eating disorders. Social pressure, ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study. Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo ...

In the first episode of the popular Netflix series “Adolescence,” an armed task force bursts into the bedroom of fresh-faced 13-year-old Jamie, arresting him on charges of murdering a female classmate ...