4 news posts in Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

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07 Feb 2025

Relationships that shape us: here are five Frontiers articles on social relationships for Valentine’s Day

At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re taking a look at some papers that help us understand how the relationships we have with the people around us shape our lives.

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11 Oct 2024

Different types of teenage friendships critical to wellbeing as we age, scientists find

Scientists find that peer acceptance in young teenagers, and close friendships in older teenagers, predict low social anxiety and high life satisfaction in young adults.

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12 Sep 2024

Kids in families with too much screen time struggle with language skills

Scientists find that children whose families use screens a lot have weaker vocabulary skills — and videogames have the biggest negative effect.

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15 Dec 2023

Parents underestimate the importance of guided play in education, finds US study

Researchers surveyed the views of 1,172 parents across the US about the relative educational value of free play, guided play, and games. The results showed that parents tend to rate free play as most educational, but work needs to be done in educating US parents about the difference between free and guided play.