(CNN) --Sleep problems in early childhood may be linked to the development of certain mental health disorders in adolescence, according to new research. A study of 7,155 children in the United Kingdom ...

A new study found that adolescents who frequently snore are more likely to have behavioral issues like inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression. Cognitive abilities, including memory and language ...

Problematic social media use is characterized by addiction-like symptoms. Those struggling with problematic SMU often have difficulty controlling social media consumption and experience distress when ...

Adolescence is a remarkable period of development and learning, a time when youths explore and adapt to changes in their social worlds and begin to form a sense of who they are and hope to be. It is a ...

Today's teens seem less interested in exercising their independence muscles. Learn how parents can help teens take the risks they need to grow up and practice “adulting.” ...

New research from University of Alberta neuroscientists shows that the brains of adolescents struggling with mental-health issues may be wired differently from those of their healthy peers. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Childhood poverty was associated with increases in externalizing problems, but not internalizing, over time in ...

Sometimes their daughter's or son’s adolescent passage can weary parents: “It’s just one difficulty after another. Deal with the last and right away we’re faced with the next!” In their tired eyes, ...

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media are more likely to report high levels ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from ...

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Fall, 1987), pp. 45-54 (10 pages) The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between adolescents' problem drinking and their ...