Adolescences / / edited by Massimo Ingrassia, Loredana Benedetto.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ingrassia, Massimo,; Benedetto, Loredana,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (132 pages)

The studies in this book focus on factors that challenge the developmental paths of adolescents. The themes are: online experience (i.e., the overuse of screens, the proliferation of inappropriate videos, or parental pressures for children to remain always connected), the difficulties of pandemic times (i.e., coping with anxiety or illness), and two conditions of great fragility (that of being a migrant refugee minor, or an adolescent with severe mental disorder). These topics illustrate the multiple adolescent development pathways that inspire the plural title of the volume: Adolescences. Each author suggests protective factors (personal, family, educational, and friendship-related) that can contribute to promoting a healthy developmental outcome.

Table of Contents

1. Adolescents Suspended in the Space-Time: Problematic Use of Smartphone between Dissociative Symptoms and Flow Experiences -- 2. The Dark Side of YouTube: A Systematic Review of Literature -- 3. From Connection to Disconnection for Teens -- 4. Coping Strategies and Meta-Worry in Adolescents' Adjustment during COVID-19 Pandemic -- 5. The HIV Positive Adolescent in a Pandemic Year: A Point of View -- 6. Adolescences Disrupted in Displacement: The Protective Effect of Friends as Proxy Family for Unaccompanied Adolescent Refugees Resettling in Ireland -- 7. Psychosocial Factors Linked to Severe Mental Disorders in a Convenience Sample of Teenage Students.