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Youth & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to the 10–24-year-old population. We are interested in both U.S. and global youth populations, with all articles centering youth perspectives and voices. We do not publish studies that use university student samples. Relevant topics include . . . | View full journal description

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Adolescents as Citizen Scientists: Insights Into Their Exposure to Social Media Influencers’ Socio-Political Content

  • Ellen Van Houtven
  • Heleen Dekoninck
  • Darian Harff
  • Desiree Schmuck
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Digital Use, Adolescent Mental Health, and Gender: Associations and Pathways Between Digital Engagement and Youth Depressive Symptoms

  • Melissa Bohnert
  • Pablo Gracia
  • Yvonne Kelly
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From ACEs to Action: Optimism as a Mediator of Justice System Involvement in Late Adolescence

  • Jessica M. Craig
  • Melissa S. Jones
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Gendered Youth Time Use in Southeast Asia: A Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Cross-Cohort Comparison

  • Xiaochen Zhou
  • Han Zhang
  • Lucy Jordan
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“They Can’t Take Away the Light”: Hip-Hop Culture and Black Youth’s Racial Resistance

  • Nkemka Anyiwo
  • Daphne C. Watkins
  • Stephanie J. Rowley
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Association Between Social Networks and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

  • Deborah Webster
  • Laura Dunne
  • Ruth Hunter
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School Climate, Peer Relationships, and Adolescent Mental Health: A Social Ecological Perspective

  • Emily Long
  • Claudia Zucca
  • Helen Sweeting
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Self-Efficacy as a Resilience Measure: Evidence From PISA 2018

  • Sibel Kaya
  • Nurullah Eryilmaz
  • Dogan Yuksel
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Youth in Transition: Exploring a Life Course Perspective on Leaving care in Africa

  • Berni Kelly
  • Adrian D van Breda
  • John Pinkerton
  • Kwabena Frimpong-Manso
  • Admire Chereni
  • Paul Bukuluki
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