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Jiayi Li; Aitao Lu; Liwen Ye; Guoping Chen; Hong Ling; Wanyi Chen; Yingjie Zhong; Yuening An; Xiayao Ke – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Mobile phone addiction (MPA) has become a prevalent issue among adolescents, which is closely associated with cognitive failure. The present study seeks to explore the network structure of the association between MPA and cognitive failure among adolescents by network analysis, as well as the mediating roles of self-control and mind wandering by…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Addictive Behavior, Self Control
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Defoe, Ivy N.; Semon Dubas, Judith; Somerville, Leah H.; Lugtig, Peter; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the initiation and peak of many harmful risk-taking behaviors such as smoking, which is among the most addictive and deadliest behaviors. Generic metatheories like the theory of triadic influence (TTI) suggest that interrelated risk factors across multiple domains (i.e., intrapersonal and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Smoking, At Risk Persons, Addictive Behavior
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Donati, Maria Anna; Chiesi, Francesca; Primi, Caterina – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This study aimed at testing a model in which cognitive, dispositional, and social factors were integrated into a single perspective as predictors of gambling behavior. We also aimed at providing further evidence of gender differences related to adolescent gambling. Participants were 994 Italian adolescents (64% Males; Mean age = 16.57).…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Gender Differences
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans