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Gross, Elisheva F. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
A majority of U.S. adolescents at least occasionally communicate on the Internet with unknown peers. This study tested the hypothesis that online communication with an unknown peer facilitates recovery from the acute aversive effects of social exclusion and examined whether this benefit may be greater for adolescents compared with young adults. A…
Descriptors: Play, Young Adults, Adolescents, Social Isolation