Mental Health Issues

Internet experiences and exposures of children and adolescents: implications for mental health

Ybarra, Michele. (2008, April). Internet experiences and exposures of children and adolescents: implications for mental health. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Irvine, CA.
Summary:
This presentation reviews the fundamentals of online communication (e.g., what is Instant Messaging?); examines how young people use and experience the Internet in positive ways as well as how the Internet [...]

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Associations between depressive symptomatology and Internet harassment among young regular Internet users

Ybarra, Michele. (2003, April).  Associations between depressive symptomatology and Internet harassment among young regular Internet users. Presented at Delta Omega, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Summary:
The odds of reporting any unwanted harassment online in the previous year is more than 3.5 times higher for youth reporting DSM IV major depressive-like symptoms compared to [...]

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Associations between online sexual solicitation and depressive symptomatology

Ybarra, Michele & Leaf, Philip. (2003, November).  Associations between online sexual solicitation and depressive symptomatology. Presented at the American Public Health Association 131th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Summary:
This presentation analyzes data from the Youth Internet Safety Survey to explore the hypothesis that depressive symptomatology will be linked to increased likelihood for Internet sexual solicitation. Three main [...]

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Comparisons of Internet usage characteristics by youth self-reported depressive symptomatology

Ybarra, Michele, Mitchell, Kimberly, & Alexander, Cheryl (2004, October). Comparisons of Internet usage characteristics by youth self-reported depressive symptomatology. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. 
Summary:
This presentation analyzes data from the Youth Internet Safety Survey to address the question:
What are the characteristics of youth who use the Internet and how do [...]

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