Discover a study that links childhood screen time to adolescent depression through poor sleep and changes in brain structure.

Take heart in this impression. A century ago, when adolescent psychology first emerged as a field of study, that was exactly ...

Too much screen time in late childhood is associated with developmental changes in the brain, leading to more depressive ...

Tree emphasized that a leaning toward destroying or damaging properties could mean a child is inclined to turn bad if not disciplined. "Throwing rocks on houses and cars, writing on walls," she said, ...

“Eating a healthy diet in late childhood and early adolescence is associated with girls having a later first period compared to those consuming a less healthy diet. Importantly, this association ...

Ask how their day was, but don’t demand every detail. But pay attention to warning signs, which are in mood swings, sullen spells, staying up late, fractured sleep patterns, or loss of appetite.

Robison LL, Hudson MM. Survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: life-long risks and responsibilities. Nat Rev Cancer. 2014;14 (1): 61-70. doi:10.1038/nrc3634 ...

Girls face significant barriers to education, among them poverty, insufficient academic support, adolescent pregnancy, child marriage, and school related gender-based violence.

Despite policies aimed at reducing child marriage, the practice persists. Using data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–21), we explore whether young women aged 15–29 who marry in ...

Slavich and colleagues examined data on 10,000 young people drawn from the U.K.’s Millennium Cohort Study, which surveyed its patients for 20 years from late childhood to late adolescence.

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function - a set ...

Reference Cooper R, Di Biase MA, Bei B, Quach J, Cropley V. Associations of changes in sleep and emotional and behavioral problems from late childhood to early adolescence.