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Social Media and Adolescents, part 1: “We have the entire world in our back pockets”
Former Youth Scientific Council Members Dallas Tanner and Becker Chabaan talk with Ron about how…
Winter 2024 Research Roundup
This roundup provides an overview of recent research about adolescent development that examined the importance of parents’ ethnic-racial identity, the benefits of a mindfulness intervention, the link between agency and sense of purpose, the association between brain development and resilience to stress, and the link between heart rate variability and mental health.
Elections as Opportunities for Positive Adolescent Development
A new resource from the National Scientific Council on Adolescence that offers ways to support positive development for young people during and after elections
Early Adolescence: A Window of Opportunity for Educators to Support Positive Mental Health
This council report from the National Scientific Council on Adolescence provides research-informed recommendations for middle-school and other early adolescent educators to help promote mental health.
Adolescents Learn Essential Skills for Adulthood through Exploration, Discovery, and Taking Healthy Risks
This fact sheet reviews research that explains why adolescents are more motivated to take risks, why that’s important to learning and development, and how policies and practices could support healthy risk taking to promote positive development.
