The tripartite influence model stipulates that appearance pressures from three sources (family, peers, traditional media) lead adolescent girls to internalize a thin ideal and engage in social comparisons, resulting body dissatisfaction (Thompson et al., 1999). Social media is modern source of pressure and, increasingly, desire an both muscular. current study U.S. (n = 543, Mage 15.58, 49.17% Latina, 28.18% White, 8.66% Black, 7.55% Asian, 6.45% multiracial/another race/ethnicity)...

Although crowdsourcing websites like Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) allow researchers to conduct research efficiently, it is unclear if MTurk and traditionally recruited samples are comparable when assessing the sequela of traumatic events. We compared responses validated self-report measures posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related constructs that were given by 822 participants via had experienced a DSM-5 Criterion A event obtained in recent traditional methods. Results suggested rate...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth living in rural areas who feel isolated are at high risk of depression suicidality. Given the lack support their offline communities, many rural-living LGBTQ turn to social media for support. In this qualitative study, we examined youth's experiences attitudes toward technology-based interventions reducing perceived isolation.In Spring 2020, conducted online interviews with aged 14-19, United States, screened positive isolation (n...

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) rural adolescents are at risk for higher levels of social isolation, a well-known factor depression other negative health outcomes. We qualitatively examined how SGM youth seek emotional informational support, which protective factors isolation on media (SM) regarding their identity, determined SM platforms tools most effective in providing support. conducted semistructured online interviews with teens who screened positive spring 2020 used thematic analysis...

Abstract Objective Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents disproportionately report disordered eating, yet have primarily been considered under a larger SGM umbrella. The current study 1) compared eating between sexual (SM) (GM) adolescents; 2) examined how general psychological factors (self‐esteem, depression, stress) SGM‐specific (e.g., feelings about identity, access to resources) were associated with eating; 3) whether associations these differed for SM versus GM adolescents....

While most parents support their adolescents receiving school-based sex education, there is variability in which education topics receive the from parents. Conservative political orientation and greater religiosity have been independently associated with parents' lack of for education; however, no studies examined intersection these two factors. The three goals this study were to: 1) identify how specific sexual cluster together to form content areas; 2) examine if are uniquely 3) moderates...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some ways of using social media-such as directly communicating with friends-may have helped adolescents thrive. We examined longitudinal associations between high school adolescents' media use and gratitude across a 15-month period before during pandemic (n = 704, Mage 15.10; 52% girls). The trajectories importance for meaningful conversations friends-but not frequency use-were positively associated over time. At within-person level, predicted increased...

Family communication patterns theory proposes two dimensions of family communication-conversation orientation and conformity orientation-that can impact adolescent decision making. The purpose this study is to examine how patterns, above beyond the frequency parent-child sexual communication, are associated with adolescents' (a) self-efficacy, (b) intentions communicate about sex partners, (c) use condoms. Participants were 452 U.S. adolescents (Mage = 15.06; 59% girls; 35% White, 33%...

The stay-at-home orders of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted U.S. adolescents' lives in numerous ways during spring 2020, including substantial changes to in-person routines and increased reliance on digital media. For adolescent girls, practices may have implications for body image concerns. In this research brief, we examine girls' pandemic-related concerns longitudinal associations with depressive symptoms. sample included 93 girls (Mage = 15.01; 68.8% White), approximately 2/3 at...

During early and middle adolescence, individuals are at heightened risk of poor body image subsequent negative mental health outcomes, the highly visual nature social media may play a role in this process. It remains unclear, however, if appearance preoccupation on media-such as appearance-related consciousness (ASMC)-influences offline image, or preexisting concerns influence online preoccupation. The present study investigated between-person differences potential bidirectional...

Abstract Adolescent development is increasingly shaped by social media contexts, with implications for well‐being. In this commentary, we discuss and present conceptual methodological alternatives two persistent limitations in prior research. First, most work measures screen time, implicitly treating as a monolith. Emerging research highlights that are multifaceted environments where youth encounter diverse experiences. We advocate more taking nuanced approach the of comprehensive taxonomic...

Gender minority (GM) youth are at heightened risk for psychopathology, purportedly due to their experiences of GM stressors. However, few studies have examined how stressors associated with depression and anxiety among youth. Furthermore, no prior investigated differ across gender identity race/ethnicity within a diverse sample A nationwide online cross-sectional survey 1,943 fourteen- 18-year-old adolescents (66.91% White, 11.73% multiracial, 8.49% Latinx, 7.10% Black, 3.09% Asian, 1.49%...

A clear understanding of sexual consent is important for violence prevention. To date, most research has focused on how college students understand and negotiate consent. Although adolescence a critical period the development attitudes, identity, intimate relationships, perspectives high school-aged youth have been largely absent from literature. The current study investigated adolescents' attitudes toward affirmative in sample 226 school (58% female; 46% White, 24% Black, 25% Hispanic)...

There is a dearth of research examining Black adolescents' body image, with even less work gender differences or the influence ethnic-racial identity (ERI) commitment. It critical to understand how culturally relevant aspects appearance-beyond commonly measured ideals such as thinness and muscularity-are particularly adolescents. The present study youth (n = 252; 55% girls, 45% boys, ages 13-18, Mage 15.5) explored roles ERI commitment in associations between skin tone, hair, facial...