Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Researchers found that even limited social media use can hurt children’s ability to focus and retain information—echoing what ...

Children aged 9-13 who spent more time on social media performed worse on reading, memory and language tests two years later, ...

Overall, this study "suggests that increasing social media use comes at a developmental cost, strengthening the argument that ...

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, on Oct. 13, found that 9- to 13-year-olds ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...

Adolescence is a period of social reorientation: a shift from a world centered on parents and family to one shaped by peers, ...

Approximately 20% of American adolescents experience a mental health disorder each year, a number that has been on the rise.