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Abstract: 

The author reviews recently published material addressing (1) adolescents’ methods of dealing with sexual solicitations and harassment over the Internet, (2) how bullying victimization may trigger the development of specific psychotic experiences, (3) the role friends’ support may play in aggravating or mitigating depression,and (4) using a multifaceted treatment method for mixed groups of aggressive children with and without ADD/ADHD. Specifically, this column reviews “Trends in Unwanted Online Experiences and Sexting: Final Report” by Kimberly J. Mitchell, Lisa Jones, David Finkelhor, & Janis Wolak, in “Crimes Against Children” ( Research Center, 2014); “A Shared Genetic Propensity Underlies Experiences of Bullying Victimization in Late Childhood and Self-Rated Paranoid Thinking in Adolescence”by Sania Shakoor, Phillip McGuire, Alastair G. Cardno, Daniel Freeman, Robert Plomin, & Angelica Ronald, in 41(3) Schizophrenia Bulletin, 754-63 (2015); “Poor Peer Support as a Predictive Factor Toward Depression Among Adolescents” by Ahmad Norfazilah, Z. Hafizah, Siti Zubaidah, & M.N. Azmawati, in 10(1) Medicine & Health 48-57 (2015); and “Aggressive Children With and Without ADD/ADHD: A Comparison of Outcomes” by Rony Tutian & Zipora Shechtman, in 4(1) J. Educ. & Hum. Dev. 233-43 (2015).

Keywords: sexting, online sexual solicitation, youth Internet use, bullying, psychotic experiences, paranoia, adolescent depression, peer support, predictive factors, ADD, ADHD, aggression, aggressive children

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.