BACKGROUND: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is among the most common and impairing disorders in childhood and adolescence, with emotion regulation (ER) difficulties proposed as a key mechanism in its on…

Autistic youth exhibit wide variability in emotional and behavioral challenges, yet few studies have identified meaningful subgroups based on these profiles. This study applied a random forests ensemb…

Previous research has outlined synchronies between romantic partners' everyday affect, health, and well-being, but it remains unclear whether similar processes take place for real-life cognitive abili…

Competitive athletes often avoid reminiscing about the milestones they reach as they pursue their goals in sport. We conducted four studies that showed that one reason for this may be the reminiscing-…

BACKGROUND: Cyberbullying is a critical public health issue affecting adolescent well-being. This study adopted a socio-ecological framework to examine individual, family, and school-level risk factor…

Adolescents in Lebanon face socioeconomic and political stressors that undermine socioemotional development and mental health. This study evaluated the Yes to Emotions (YEY) programme, a culturally ad…

This study examined the relationships between perceived emotional intelligence (EI), self-esteem, self-concept, and social media use in a sample of 173 Argentinian adolescents (mean age 16.6). Using t…

BACKGROUND: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents with depressive disorder is characterized by recurrent impulsivity and is a predictor of future suicidal behavior, necessitating effective and…

OBJECTIVE: Body dissatisfaction often arises from a discrepancy between perceived and ideal body images, posing a risk for psychological issues like depression and eating pathologies, particularly dur…

INTRODUCTION: Mental health conditions are prevalent during adolescence, but access to early evidence-based treatments remains limited. Scalable, online, theory-based transdiagnostic interventions del…

Adolescent mental health problems are prevalent, yet assigning individuals to appropriate prevention interventions remains challenging. Latent profile analysis (LPA) offers a person-centered approach …

Adolescence is a critical neurodevelopmental stage marked by heightened plasticity and vulnerability to environmental influences such as nicotine. Nicotine disrupts neural function via nicotinic acety…