The Role of Technology on Young Adolescent Development: Implications for Policy, Research and Practice

This National Science Foundation funded qualitative study highlights unique features of adolescent technology use and its impact on the developmental maturational processes of early adolescence. One hundred twenty-eight 13- and 14-year-old students were interviewed about their information technology...

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Published in:Child & adolescent social work journal 2013-10, Vol.30 (5), p.399-413
Main Authors: Fitton, Victoria A., Ahmedani, Brian K., Harold, Rena D., Shifflet, Erica D.
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Academic Achievement
Adolescent Development
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Behavioral Science and Psychology
Careers
Child development
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Development
Necessity
Personality and Social Psychology
Pleasure
Policy Research
Pride
Psychology
Qualitative research
Skills
Social policy
Sociology
Students
Technological Innovations
Technology
Teenagers
Thinking Skills
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Careers
Child development
Clinical Psychology
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Necessity
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Pleasure
Policy Research
Pride
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Students
Technological Innovations
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Teenagers
Thinking Skills
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