Internet use and adolescent development: A conceptual model integrating behavioral and contextual theories.
In the digital era, adolescent development is deeply embedded in the cyber environment. Despite ongoing debate on the benefits and/or risks that Internet use brings to adolescents in empirical studies, conceptual and theoretical discussion on the influences of the intensity and modalities of Interne...
| Published in: | American Journal of Community Psychology pp. 1 - 15 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2026
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