Family Therapy and Hyper-connectivity in Adolescence

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture notes on family therapy and hyper-connectivity in adolescence.

Social Deprivation

Time spent in face-to-face interactions is reduced as screen time increases.

Sleep Deprivation

Creates problems with emotional regulation and increases conflicts.

Attention Fragmentation

Difficulty maintaining focused attention.

Agency

Striving to individuate and expand self; includes efficiency, competence and assertiveness.

Communion

Striving to integrate the self in a larger social unit; includes caring, cooperation, and empathy.

Push Effect

Structural society changes and an obsession with safety.

Pull Effect

Multiple internet-connected devices through which needs for agency and communion can be met without leaving the bedroom.

Social Media (SM)

Virtual spaces that provide social connection, validation, and self-expression.

Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU)

A subject of parental and pediatric concern, now studied in the field of behavioral addictions and can be viewed as a sub-type of PIU.

Parental Mediation Techniques (PMT)

Parental mediation techniques to discuss regulations that are not very effective, becoming counter-productive after 16 years old.

Authoritative Parenting

Parenting style and close supportive family atmosphere correlated to less PSMU.

Visual Social Comparison and Perfectionism

Girls are more affected by this through appearances (beauty, sex appeal) which is crucial for social integration, status, and acceptance.

Relational Aggression

Girls' aggression is more relational, including reputation damage along with ostracism and estrangement

Shared Emotions and Disorders

Girls are more likely to share emotions and disorders resulting in emotions being contagious and the negative ones being greater than positive ones

Predation and Harassment

Girls are more subject to predation and harassment resulting in shared nudes create shame and devastation

Internet Impact on Relationships

More quantity of friendships at the expense of quality.

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT)

An approach that is evidence-based and centered on substance addictions in adolescence and comorbidites

FdR

Factors of risk

FdP

Factors of protection