Kids who watch a lot of television are likely being exposed to depictions of smoking, according to a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The study, conducted in 2007, examined eight...

Paramount Pictures is marketing the concert documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never to Christian youth groups, partly in an apparent effort to expand the movie's appeal beyond tween and teen girls; but getti...

Red Bull says it "gives us wings." Researchers from the University of Miami beg to differ on that point—and they say it and other energy drinks may give some users a whole host of problems. According to r...

Wrestler Forfeits Match to Follow His BeliefsGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened: For most high school athletes, just to compete in the state championship...

Are Bullies the Popular Kids?Movies often portray teen bullies as hulking jocks or pretty cheerleaders—"popular" kids, even though being mean doesn't have anything to do with being popular. Now, researche...

Movie Heroines Showing Some True GritGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened: When 14-year-old Mattie Ross meets U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn—the man sh...

U.S.A. is No. 1…in Stress Last week, YouthWorker Journal reported that college freshmen are experiencing record levels of stress; but freshmen are far from alone when it comes to a heightened anxiety level. ...

Youth Culture Update: Seriously Stressed FreshmenCollege freshmen—grappling with the pressures of new schools, new expectations and a persistent recession—are feeling incredibly stressed. Research o...

MTV Developing Thick 'Skins'When MTV decided to bring "Skins" to American television, it knew it'd be courting controversy. In fact, controversy was likely part of the network's marketing strategy: After all, t...

Social Networking and Eating DisordersIt can be hard to tell how much media affects us, given that our worlds are so completely saturated by it. So it can be telling when scientists poke around a society just g...