The Impacts of Internet on Adolescents in Hong Kong This is a study of mass media in Hong Kong by focusing on how teenagers consume internet by researching on the usage & categories (this will give a solid introduction to this paper) and three modern problems (heavy uses of social platform‚ internet addiction‚ and online gaming addiction“) that a number of teenagers in Hong Kong seems to have or come across with‚ with reference to data and information that suggest the existent of these phenomenon
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"How much are the glowing rectangles taking away from adolescents social and emotional health?"( ) Not only glowing rectangles‚ which are cell phones‚ there are also computer screens and televisions that take away a child’s mind into another world. This is screen time. What is screen time? Screen time is when a child (or adult) sits in front of a screen for a certain amount of hours or minutes that they should be doing other things‚ like going outside and talking to real people‚ not ones behind the
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(ADHD) and Diverse Populations. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal‚ 24(2)‚ 195-207. Retrieved April 4‚ 2008. Ray‚ D.‚ Schottelkorb‚ A.‚ & Tsai‚ M. (2007‚ December). Play therapy with children exhibiting symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. International Journal of Play Therapy‚ 16(2)‚ 95-111. Retrieved April 3‚ 2008. Saywitz‚ K.‚ Mannarino‚ A.‚ Berliner‚ L.‚ & Cohen‚ J. (2000‚ September). Treatment of Sexually abused children and adolescents. American Psychologist‚ 55(9)‚ 1040-1049
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Cited: Children and TV Violence. 03 Nov. 2001. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. O4 Nov. 2001 <http://www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfile/pros.cfm?n= 247>. Hough‚ Kirstin J‚ and Philip G.Erwin. "Children ’s attitudes toward violence on television." The Journal of Psychology July 1997 v131 n4 p411(5) <http://www
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Laura Taylor Paul Kincs Child and Adolescent Psych 26 April 2010 Child Observation This time‚ I decided to observe children between the ages of five and six in a kindergarten class room at Maddock Public School. Maddock is a smaller school and there were only five children in the class‚ all of them were boys. I knew this would be an interesting day‚ because we learned in class that boys tend to be a little bit more active and disobedient‚ but I was definitely looking forward to it. I went
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Holden Caulfield plays a timeless character in the sense that his way of life is common for the American teenager‚ in his time as well as now. Today parents dread the terrible and confusing adolescent years of their child’s life. In J.D. Salinger’s book‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is in this terrible and confusing point of his life. At this point in his life‚ as well as in modern teenager’s lives‚ a transition occurs‚ from child to adult. Holden takes this change particularly rough and develops
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Do adolescents have the right to make autonomous medical choices? This question is asked very frequently all around‚ and is given various answers. This topic places medical decisions at the forefront‚ meaning that the topic touches on questions of terminal illnesses‚ pregnancy‚ sexual transmitted diseases‚ palliative care‚ and all the other types of decisions that minors have to make. Merriam-Webster defines “adolescent” as “A young person who is developing into an adult; a young person who is going
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Adolescents and the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Athletics Much of the evidence on the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports comes from professional athletics. However‚ evidence also indicates that adolescents use performance-enhancing drugs‚ but that their use is not limited to those participating in athletics. The use of performance enhancing drugs also called “doping” can be tempting for teen athletes. Many young people often feel pressured by their peers or by their own ambitions
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Should Adolescent be allowed to Make Their Own Life and Death Decisions? Advances in biomedical technology have to cures that were only imagined a few years ago (Stein‚ et al. 2001). New ethical dilemmas have been brought into medical care of patients by these advances‚ especially those with life-threatening condition. Decisions for medical treatment must include a thorough understanding of the procedure and major side effects‚ especially pain and disability and their duration (Stein
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have documented the body dissatisfaction of adolescent girls citing media as a very prominent agent among other factors (Bell & Dittmar‚ 2011; Dohnt & Tiggemann‚ 2006; Lopez-Guimera‚ Levine‚ Sanchez-Carracedo and Fauquet‚ 2010; Tiggemann & Miller‚ 2010; Eyal & Ta’eni-Harari‚ 2013). Tiggemann‚ a prominent author on the subject‚ together with Miller studied how the relation between media and body image in their article “The Role of Media Exposure in Adolescent Girl’s Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for
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