Our new study found watching just eight minutes of TikTok content focused on dieting, weight loss and exercise had an immediate negative effect on body image satisfaction for young women.
Year 9 is often seen as a ‘lost year’, where a young person has left junior high school but is not yet a senior student.
If you are worried about your teen’s social media use, consider joining them for screen-free time at home and organising regular activities offline.
Contrary to what you may have heard, your mindset may be the biggest thing affecting how social media connects to your wellbeing.
People who have a lower threshold for defining distress as a disorder are more likely to identify themselves as having a mental illness.
Children can have big emotions and sometimes struggle to process them. Here’s what it means for a child to be ‘dysregulated’.
