The advance of digital media has created risks that affect the bio-psycho-social well-being of
adolescents. Some of these risks are cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse, sexting, online …

Despite increasing concerns of maladaptive cognitive responses associated with social
media, estimates of its prevalence are lacking in the literature. Further, existing studies have …

Latent profile analysis (LPA) can be used to identify data-driven classes of individuals based
on scoring patterns across continuous input variables. LPA can be conducted using …

This chapter gives an applied introduction to latent profile and latent class analysis
(LPA/LCA). LPA/LCA are model-based methods for clustering individuals in unobserved …

Loneliness is a risk factor for mental disorders and is a significant and growing public health
issue, but to date, loneliness interventions have had limited success. We propose that an …

Research has suggested that affective polarization (AP)—the extent to which partisans view
each other as a disliked out-group—has increased, especially in two-party political systems …

Student engagement has a trajectory (a timeline) that unfolds over time and can be shaped
by different factors including learners' motivation, school conditions, and the nature of …

In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a period of lockdown that impacted
individuals' lifestyles, in both professional and personal spheres. New problems and …

A prevailing trend in CSCL literature has been the study of students' participatory roles. The
majority of existing studies examine a single collaborative task or, at most, a complete …

Adolescence is a developmental period when spending time alone becomes particularly
important. The aim of this study was to explore adolescents' experiences of solitude, with a …