The benefits of completing household chores transfers beyond managing day-to-day living. Chore engagement may improve executive functions, as engagement in chores require individuals to plan, self-regulate, switch between tasks, and remember instructions.

Smartphone addiction has negative consequences on adolescents. The main developmental task of adolescence is the formation of ego-identity. The study examines the relationship between smartphone addiction and dimensions of identity development.

This review examines the role of specific nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, key micronutrients, and potentially harmful dietary components, as well as broader dietary patterns, particularly the Western diet and Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), in relation to ADHD symptoms. It also evaluates both whole-diet and supplement-based clinical interventions, supporting the growing recognition of nutrition as…

The authors distinguished between a fear-driven, compensation-seeking pathway, in which individuals use social networking sites to alleviate negative emotions and social concerns, and a reward-driven path, in which social networking use is primarily motivated by the anticipation of positive reinforcement and gratification.

FoMO has been shown to predict increased social media checking, excessive online use, and reduced offline satisfaction, positioning it as a key psychological antecedent of online overuse. Alongside FoMO, problematic smartphone use has also been identified as a related but distinct construct, reflecting broader patterns of dysfunctional smartphone engagement. FoMO can therefore be conceptualized as…

In a large national random sample of 2- to 17-year-old children and adolescents, more hours of daily screen time were associated with lower psychological well-being, including less curiosity, lower self-control, more distractibility, more difficulty making friends, less emotional stability, being more difficult to care for, and inability to finish tasks.