The present study addresses the increased merging of adolescents' online and social
practices and provides a broad and developmental conceptualization, operationalization …

Recent research has established online social lives as a significant aspect of adolescents'
lives and development. The current study considered the relationship between adolescents' …

Research on adolescents' media use has focused predominantly on its negative aspects
(risks) and far less on its positive side (opportunities). This is reflected in the lack of validated …

The opportunities and mostly the risks of digital communication technologies for adolescents
have been documented extensively in the last two decades, but less is known about how …

Personality has been considered as important influential factors of prosocial behavior (PB).
This study aims to investigate whether the personality-PB association revealed in the real …

Background Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders use the Internet for general
and health-related purposes. Their ability to find, understand, and apply the health …

Deployment of digital crowdfunding platforms, which predominantly are designed in line with
Western norms, into Indigenous communities often leads to significant cultural tensions. This …

This paper reports on the process and findings of an extensive research project with the aim
of investigating present initiatives and approaches within the area of community resilience …

Method: This study included 478 Secondary Education students between 10 and 14 years of
age. This is a cross-sectional study that used Path Analysis differentiated by sex, with …

Elements related to cuteness are widely used in virtual spokesperson strategies. However,
few studies have explored the effect of virtual pet cuteness. Shared reality theory indicates …