Smartphone and social network addiction in early adolescents: The role of self-regulatory self-efficacy in a pilot school-based intervention.
Ainzara FaviniFlavia CulcasiFlavia CirimeleChiara RemondiMaryluz Gomez PlataSilvia CaldaroniAlessia Teresa VirzìBernadette Paula Luengo KanacriPublished in: Journal of adolescence (2023)
These findings emphasized the usefulness of promoting youths' self-regulative beliefs to contrast problematic tendencies, according to a Positive Youth Development perspective which focused on resources rather than only on the prevention of negative outcomes for youths' adjustment.