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Can a Smartphone App Train Peer Influencers to Promote Physical Activity Among Their Peers?

Some teens have more influence than others when it comes to a peer group’s health behaviors. These "peer influencers” are promising targets for eHealth and mHealth interventions.

How to Protect Yourself from Facebook Addiction

With the rise of Facebook, a new sort of addiction is born: the Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD). A study in Computer in Human Behavior reveals that young adults who use Facebook and experience

The Power of Peer Influencers: Influential Children Can Make Classmates Drink More Water

A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that using influential children to promote water drinking on a Caribbean Island can increase other children’s

An App a Day Keeps The Doctor Away: Gaming Apps With Characters Teach Preschoolers About Healthy Diet

More and more gaming apps teach children about healthy eating. According to a study in Games for Health Journal, it is important to use characters in these apps. The study shows that playing apps in

Are you sleeping? How Sneaky Media Use After Bedtime Relates to Preschoolers’ Sleep

Ever thought your preschooler was sound asleep, but when you went into their room to check on them, you found your child watching television in secret?

Playing in First-Person Shooter Clans Can Benefit Young Adults’ Well-Being

A study in Computers in Human Behavior shows that playing in first-person shooter gaming communities, also referred to as clans, can benefit young adults’ well-being. It fulfills

Split Feelings - Why Teens Share Their Emotions on Different Social Media Platforms

Social sharing of emotions, meaning telling someone about an experience and the emotions felt, can be a good strategy for teens to regulate their emotions.

The Trouble With Mobile Moms – Mothers’ Distraction by Technology Relates to Child Problem Behavior

New technologies can facilitate social interactions, but our increasing use of technological devices might also disturb our relationships in real life. These mobile and digital-based

Playing Pokémon GO Can Increase Physical Activity...Under the Right Conditions

15 February 2018

A study in Computer in Human Behavior shows that the physical activity of young adults who play Pokémon GO is lower than of those who do not play Pokémon GO.