An associative account of how the obesogenic environment biases adolescents food choices (2015)

Appetite. 2015 Oct 16. pii: S0195-6663(15)30059-3. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.10.008. Watson P1, Wiers RW2, Hommel B3, Ridderinkhof KR4, de Wit S5. Abstract Adolescents and children are the targets of much food advertising, the majority of which is for unhealthy snacks. Although the effects of advertising on food preferences and consummatory behavior are well documented, our understanding of […]

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Adolescent Internet Addiction in Hong Kong: Prevalence, Change, and Correlates (2015)

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Oct 9. pii: S1083-3188(15)00326-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.10.005. [Epub ahead of print] Shek DT1, Yu L2. Abstract STUDY OBJECTIVES: Prevalence, change, and correlates of adolescent Internet addiction were examined in this study based on six waves of longitudinal data collected over six years. DESIGN: Over six years, students responded to a questionnaire […]

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Adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material and their sexual attitudes and behavior: Parallel development and directional effects (2015)

Dev Psychol. 2015 Oct;51(10):1476-88. doi: 10.1037/dev0000040. Epub 2015 Aug 10. Doornwaard SM1, Bickham DS2, Rich M2, Ter Bogt TF1, van den Eijnden RJ1. Abstract Although research has repeatedly demonstrated that adolescents’ use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) is related to their endorsement of permissive sexual attitudes and their experience with sexual behavior, it is […]

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Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Adolescents’ Sexual Uncertainty: The Role of Disposition-Content Congruency (2015)

Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Sep 15.  van Oosten JM1. Abstract Previous research has suggested that adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) may result in sexual uncertainty because the content of SEIM may conflict with what adolescents have learned about sex. However, research on which type of adolescent is most susceptible to the relation […]

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Disrupted inter-hemispheric functional and structural coupling in Internet addiction adolescents (2015)

Psychiatry Res. 2015 Sep 12. pii: S0925-4927(15)30070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.08.012. [Epub ahead of print] Bi Y1, Yuan K2, Feng D1, Xing L1, Li Y1, Wang H3, Yu D4, Xue T5, Jin C6, Qin W1, Tian J7. Abstract Rapid progress had been made towards the effect of Internet addiction (IA) on the adolescents brain, relatively little is […]

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The mediating role of Internet addiction in depression, social anxiety, and subjective psychosocial well-being among adolescents in six Asian countries: a structural equation modelling approach (2015)

Public Health. 2015 Sep 3. pii: S0033-3506(15)00291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.031. Lai CM1, Mak KK2, Watanabe H3, Jeong J4, Kim D5, Bahar N6, Ramos M7, Chen SH8, Cheng C9. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study examines the associations of Internet addiction with social anxiety, depression, and psychosocial well-being among Asian adolescents. A self-medication model conceptualizing Internet addiction as a […]

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Relationship between peripheral blood dopamine level and internet addiction disorder in adolescents: a pilot study (2015)

Int J Clin Exp Med. 2015 Jun 15;8(6):9943-9948. Liu M1, Luo J1. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To explore the association between peripheral blood dopamine level and internet addiction disorder (IAD) in adolescents, this could be used to explain the neurobiological mechanism of Internet addiction disorder. METHODS: 33 adolescents with IAD diagnosed by Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) […]

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Dysfunction of the frontolimbic region during swear word processing in young adolescents with Internet gaming disorder (2015)

Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2015) 5, e624; doi:10.1038/tp.2015.106 Published online 25 August 2015 J-W Chun1, J Choi1, H Cho1, S-K Lee2 and D J Kim1 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea Correspondence: Professor DJ Kim, Department of Psychiatry, […]

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Perceived realism moderates the relation between sexualized media consumption and permissive sexual attitudes in Dutch adolescents (2015)

Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Apr;44(3):743-54. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0443-7. Epub 2014 Dec 11. Baams L1, Overbeek G, Dubas JS, Doornwaard SM, Rommes E, van Aken MA. Abstract This study examined whether the development of sexualized media consumption and permissive sexual attitudes would be more strongly interrelated when adolescents perceived sexualized media images as highly realistic. We used […]

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