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Taking a step back. Michelle Money is taking a break from social media to fully focus on her 15-year-old daughter Brielle’s recovery after her coma. “As her mom I just feel this overwhelming need to just be present with her during this next chapter in her life,” the Bachelor alum, 39, said in a video posted via Instagram on Friday, […]
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There is ongoing debate about whether eating disorders are more common in modern society. Some say that as young people are both exposed to and share images of themselves in an unprecedented way on social media today, this affects their body image and may have an impact on their eating too. Others suggest that social media can help eating disorder […]
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Helping out the haters! Hilaria Baldwin does social media trolls a favor when they leave negative comments on her Instagram posts. “The nicest thing I can do for these people is delete their comments because everybody is going to attack them,” the fitness guru, 35, told Us Weekly exclusively backstage at the Match Game on Monday, June 17. “[It’s] for […]
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A Stanford-developed virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” is helping expand research on how this new immersive technology affects people’s level of empathy. According to new Stanford research, people who saw in virtual reality, also known as VR, what it would be like to lose their jobs and homes developed longer-lasting compassion toward the homeless compared to those who explored […]
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Teenagers exposed to TV and film violence and high levels of household conflict are at risk of engaging in aggressive behaviors, according to a new study by researchers at three U.S. universities. Especially prone to aggressive tendencies are those who also have high levels of impulsivity, the six-member research team reported in a study published online ahead of print in […]
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Posting images on social media when we buy new clothes, eat out or purchase the latest gadget may seem harmless enough. But this consumption-oriented sharing may be undermining both our bank balance and our mental well-being. Our research has found that this sort of social media engagement is linked in some people to greater anxiety, lower self-esteem and an increased […]
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A Victoria University of Wellington study is investigating how the internet and cellphones, particularly social media, affect mothers connecting with their newborn babies. The research is a multidisciplinary study involving Dr. Jayne Krisjanous from Victoria University’s School of Marketing and International Business, Dr. Robyn Maude from the University’s Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, and Ph.D. student Marlini Bakri. […]
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Preschoolers can learn a lot from educational television, but younger toddlers may learn more from interactive digital media (such as video chats and touchscreen mobile apps) than from TV and videos alone, which don’t require them to interact. That’s the conclusion of a new article that also notes that because specific conditions that lead to learning from media are unclear, […]
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Findings from a new study reveal at-risk adolescents are less likely to post about depressive symptoms on social media as they age. The research suggests that adolescents with a diagnosis of depression may feel less stigmatized describing depressed mood on social media than previously hypothesized. The research will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2018 Meeting in Toronto. […]
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A new study examines the effectiveness of the ScreenQ, a measure of screen-based media use in children. Findings from the study will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2018 Meeting. “In a single generation, the explosion of screen-based media has transformed the experience of childhood, from TV and videos, to an unlimited range of content available at any […]
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