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We received an overwhelming response to comments by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg this week about the over-use of mobile phone technology by young children. Our research of 257 Australian parents representing 517 children showing 69 percent of kids aged under 18 have a mobile raises some interesting points. While no-one can deny mobile phone technology has [...]
Here's the Today Tonight story that aired nationally on June 2, shot around the Sydney event on May 23. Generation Next on Today Tonight
Did you know that the prospect of their child becoming a victim of bullying is now the top fear among Australian parents? Six-in-ten parents nominate bullying as their biggest concern, ahead of their children becoming a victim of crime (46 percent) or performing poorly at school (44 percent). Make no mistake - online bullying is [...]
You might be surprised that Victorian families are the least likely to actively keep an eye on what websites their kids are visiting, given that they’re also the most likely to have an Internet-capable computer in a shared area of the home. Generation Next’s research with parents of 527 children asked what strategies they used [...]
In a study of adolescent medical consultations, adolescent patients were asked whether any of the seven sensitive topics (behavior, mood, getting along with others, their parent's mood, family stresses, sexuality/birth control, and drugs/tobacco/alcohol) were raised by their doctor. Adolescents who were asked about one or more of these sensitive topics were significantly more likely to [...]
A study of 153 individuals that assessed sleep habits and then exposed them to a controlled dose of common cold virus. 88% became infected, but those who averaged less than 7 hours of sleep per night had the highest risk for colds Those with a "sleep efficiency" (ie proportion of time spent in bed actually [...]
Adverse events during childhood have a recognised association with certain psychiatric and medical illnesses. Recently, investigators studied hospitalizations for autoimmune disease in 15,357 adults. Adverse events included physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and household dysfunction, e.g., domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, parental divorce, and criminality. Sixty-four percent of adults with autoimmune disease reported at [...]
Research findings have suggested that having an adverse event in childhood increases one’s risk for developing alcohol dependence and that this effect strengthens with a greater number of adverse events. The 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, investigators have now examined the contribution of childhood or adolescence adversity to this risk, independent [...]
Almost a million Australian children are being given unfettered access to the Internet, new research released today reveals. The revelations come from Generation Next, a national parenting seminar organisation being supported by anti-depression initiative, beyondblue, and Australian Government-backed youth mental health foundation, Headspace. Their research finds 22 percent of parents of children aged 4-18 [...]
Testimony presented at the House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing to Examine Youth Culture and Violence on May 13, 1999 Dewey G. Cornell, Ph.D., Curry School of Education, University of Virginia Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Members, Ladies, and Gentlemen. I am Dr. Dewey Cornell, a clinical psychologist and a professor in the School of Education at the [...]
