Expanding High School Counseling in a Social Media World : Improving Student and Community Well-Being

Adolescent competence and resilience are indicators of adulthood behavior. High school is a pivotal time for adolescents to foster a stable temperament for adult development. The contemporary state of adolescent depression prevalence and an increase in social media-related risky behavior calls for an update to mental health services. We review the nature of modern social comparison that is fueled by social media, mental health help-seeking stigma that prevents individuals from seeking services, and provide mental health advances to remedy the severity of mental health concerns in a social media society. Social media distortions of normative life promote a standard of expectations that can decrease self-esteem and increase depressive tendencies. Expanding high school counseling such that students see a counselor multiple times a year in a proactive rather than reactive school counseling system can provide transformative changes to community mental health.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

Psychological reports - 127(2024), 2 vom: 16. März, Seite 807-826

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Teriba, Akorede [VerfasserIn]
Dawson, Devon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Counseling
High school
Journal Article
Review
Social media
Stigma

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Date Completed 12.03.2024

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/00332941221129138

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346705800