3 papers
cs.HC2025
How the Internet Facilitates Adverse Childhood Experiences for Youth Who Self-Identify as in Need of Services
Ozioma C. Oguine, Jinkyung Katie Park, Mamtaj Akter +4
Youth implicated in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, as well as those with an incarcerated parent, are considered the most vulnerable Children in Need of Services (C…
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Teen Talk: The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral of Adolescent Social Media Use
Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Mamtaj Akter, Ashwaq Alsoubai +2
The debate on whether social media has a net positive or negative effect on youth is ongoing. Therefore, we conducted a thematic analysis on 2,061 posts made by 1,038 adolescents a…
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Unfiltered: How Teens Engage in Body Image and Shaming Discussions via Instagram Direct Messages (DMs)
Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Jinkyung Katie Park, Mamtaj Akter +3
We analyzed 1,596 sub-conversations within 451 direct message (DM) conversations from 67 teens (ages 13-17) who engaged in private discussions about body image on Instagram. Our fi…