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Daily Archives: December 2, 2024

Teen boy holding phone

Digitally trapped: Adolescents feel pressured to always be available to their friends online

Study SummariesBy Rosa LiDecember 2, 2024

Most adolescents feel pressure to be constantly available to their friends through digital means. For boys, this pressure, called digital entrapment, is linked to increases in friendship conflict and feeling less healthy one year later. Image credit: FreePik By Spoorthi Marada For many teens in today’s online world, the pressure to always be available to…

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