In recent years, suicidal behaviours among young people have become
consolidated as one of the main causes of non-natural deaths in this age
group. This study analyses the prevalence of such behaviours and the
associated risk and protection factors in students aged between 16 and 22
years in Catalonia.
Do adolescents enjoy urban green spaces? According to this study, only
11.6% visit them daily, and those who are more socially vulnerable visit
them less.
According to this study, 7 out of 10 adolescents were subjected to sexual
comments and insults. Sexual aggression rates among boys doubled those
among girls, both in person and online.
Young people who have established secure affective and emotional
connections primarily use their phones to communicate and socialise. But
what about those who use them to escape reality?
We seem to have accepted that young people interact via their phones.
However, this study shows that two out of three of their social
interactions are face-to-face. How and why do young people interact?