Carol Vidal

Status and Social Comparisons Among Adolescents

Popularity in the Age of Social Media

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being. Looking at social status from a developmental perspective, the author explores the expansion of opportunities for social comparison and complex social hierarchies driven by social media use.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032880365
• ISBN-10: 1032880368
• Artikelnr.: 71725407

Autorenporträt

Carol Vidal is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. She currently works clinically in a School-based mental health program located in Baltimore City Schools where she evaluates and treats adolescents with behavioral and depressive disorders. Her research interest lies in the intersection between the social environment and addictions, depression and intentional injuries in adolescents.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Biology of Social Status in The Animal World: From animals to
humans. 2. Social Status in Humans' History. 3. Review of Social Status and
Health. 4. Social Status in Adolescents, From the Playground to the
Fraternity Party. 5. The Context of Status: Societies, Culture and the
Media. 6. Social Status and Mental Health and Our Environments. 7. Common
Clinical presentations related to social rank. 8. What Do Teens Have to Say
About Status. 9. The psychology of social rank, what do social comparisons
do to us?. 10. What to do About It: Examples of Good Use of Status
Dynamics.