Internet use and developmental tasks: Adolescents’ point of view

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Highlights:

• The Internet can be a tool to promote adolescent development.

• The Internet promotes identity formation primarily as a tool to develop interests and expertise.

• The Internet promotes autonomy by providing a private space, and a way for adolescents to negotiate and test parental rules.

• Teens use the internet to form and maintain friendships, but less often to form romantic relationships.

摘要

•The Internet can be a tool to promote adolescent development.•The Internet promotes identity formation primarily as a tool to develop interests and expertise.•The Internet promotes autonomy by providing a private space, and a way for adolescents to negotiate and test parental rules.•Teens use the internet to form and maintain friendships, but less often to form romantic relationships.

论文关键词:Adolescence,Identity formation,Close relationships,Autonomy,Internet usage

论文评审过程:Available online 10 June 2015, Version of Record 10 June 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.029