What Do Happy Teens Do?

Re:What Do Happy Teens Do? by stephengillie on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:31PM (#17889433)

Hang out with friends, goto the mall or other hangouts, play Minecraft, watch Youtube and Twitch and Vine and try to make their own videos, ride bicycles, and argue with their parents.

A few things have changed, but teen-age is largely the same as it was for us.

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Re:What Do Happy Teens Do? by bsheir74 on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:48PM (#17889484)

No its not. Read the authors book, igen. Crucial difference - kids are more depressed and lonely

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Re:What Do Happy Teens Do? by stephengillie on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:52PM (#17889499)

These are what my happy nieces do.

What is the author's source? A paywalled summarizing study that analyzed data from other studies: http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000403

- Was any primary research conducted? You'll have to pay $12 to find out.

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Re:What Do Happy Teens Do? by mirimir on Saturday September 01, 2018 @12:53AM (#17890290)

Damn :(

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    Decreases in Psychological Well-Being Among American
    Adolescents After 2012 and Links to Screen Time During
    the Rise of Smartphone Technology.
    
    Twenge 2018
    
    10.1037 / emo0000403
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Re:What Do Happy Teens Do? by jack9 on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:05PM (#17889540)

> kids are more depressed and lonely > No its not

Yes it is. More is not "largely different", regardless of study rigor.

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