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Leveraging Technology to Improve Health in Adolescence: A Developmental Science Perspective
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 67Issue 2SupplementS7–S13Published in issue: August, 2020- Alison Giovanelli
- Elizabeth M. Ozer
- Ronald E. Dahl
Cited in Scopus: 31As technologies continue to evolve at exponential rates, online platforms are becoming an increasingly salient social context for adolescents. Adolescents are often early adopters, savvy users, and innovators of technology use. This not only creates new vulnerabilities but also presents new opportunities for positive impact—particularly, the use of technology to promote healthy learning and adaptation during developmental windows of opportunity. For example, early adolescence appears to represent a developmental inflection point in health trajectories and in technology use in ways that may be strategically targeted for prevention and intervention.
