Research on the Influence of Peers, Family Environment and Internet Use on Juvenile Depression

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Adolescent depression; social environment; peer pressure; networking influences; family relationships

Abstract

Nowadays, more and more adolescents are diagnosed with depression all around the world. The healthy growth of adolescents is related to the future development of a country, so studying the causes and coping strategies of depression in adolescents has become a hot topic. In this paper, the author analyzed the causes and solutions of adolescents depression through literature review. This paper focuses on the influence of family environment and the Internet using. According to the research result, there are a few factors that lead to adolescents depression, namely, the pressure from schoolwork or college enrollment, the relationship between schoolmates or friends, the divorce of parents and relatives. Among them, the most common pressure source is the social environment, which consists of the online social networking, sophisticated friendship and the high expectation from family. At the end of this paper, the author has given some suggestions on how to improve the family and social networking environment to reduce the possibility that teenagers might be diagnosed with depression such as making stricter rules and laws to regulate people’s words and deeds online, or setting classes and lessons for parents who want to improve their relationships with their children, and etc.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yutong Pan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - Research on the Influence of Peers, Family Environment and Internet Use on Juvenile Depression
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1
EP  - 4
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.001
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.001
ID  - Pan2022
ER  -