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This study contrasts a rash of research suggesting social media and overuse of technology causes depression and can lower self-esteem. Unlike those studies, which focused on people who use mobile technology and social networks to compare themselves to others, the UC Berkeley texting study focused on person-to-person communication, which may account for the divergent results.Instead [...]
Scientists describe how new research has changed our understanding of adolescence which was thought to start with the physical changes to the body around puberty and to be completed when growth stopped in the late teens. Now researchers believe the brain goes on maturing and is not fully developed until at least the age of [...]
Why do some teenagers start smoking or experimenting with drugs-while others don't? In the largest imaging study of the human brain ever conducted-involving 1,896 14-year-olds-scientists have discovered a number of previously unknown networks that go a long way toward an answer. Robert Whelan and Hugh Garavan of the University of Vermont, along with a large [...]
It’s often the case that students seek out younger teachers to confide in, as they feel they may be able to relate to them better. Often these young teachers, are also new teachers, so here are a few tips that I’ve picked up from being involved in student wellbeing for over fifteen years. [...]
The St John's rector, Michael Bongers, last Thursday suspended 30 students for forcing a female student during O-Week to drink alcohol. She was allergic to it and ended up in hospital. This event comes as no surprise to those who have gone through similar experiences. via Trial by ordeal to enter university college's hallowed halls. [...]
The evidence for warning labels on alcohol products is strong, yet there is considerable opposition from industry. This is despite the fact that it is highly likely that the community will benefit. The sun herald has just run a story on it, in which 4 points of view were presented- 3 of them were against [...]
Failure has to be an option! Tal Ben Shahar often talks about this concept -That if we cannot accept failing as a natural part of the learning process, then we never genuinely learn anything new. Yet too many students – and indeed schools – frame their educational model and practices around avoiding mistakes. Failure is [...]
This fascinating paper provides a description of how the tobacco industry, over time, has promoted its products to young people. It provides an insight into the strategies that the alcohol industry has and continues to use to promote sales of alcohol to young people despite growing community concern. The Tobacco Industry and Youth Smoking | Coombs | [...]
Body image is the number one concern of young Australian females, according to a recent survey of more than 40,000 young people by Mission Australia. Another survey conducted by the Australian Psychological Society this year indicated that while stress levels were on the rise, that eating was the fifth most common strategy that people used to [...]
