Supportive peer relationships (SPR) are crucial for mental and physical health. Early
adolescence is an especially important period in which peer influence and school environment …

Children’s peer relationships are crucial for their social-emotional development, mental and
physical health. To identify effective strategies to facilitate peer relationships among 8–14-…

Supportive peer relationships are fundamental for mental health and well-being. Hence,
peers and friends are a valuable resource, especially at the time of transition from primary to …

Early adolescents are frequent users of online communication tools (OCTs). Yet, we have
limited knowledge about how OCTs influence this population and their friendships. We sought …

Stakeholder involvement in intervention development has become increasingly popular and
is understood as crucial for successful implementation. However, methodological difficulties …

Early adolescence is a time of major social change; a strong sense of belonging (SB) and
peer connectedness is an essential protective factor in mental health (MH) during that period. …

The transition from primary to secondary school comes with major changes in the lives of
children. There is a shortage of in-depth analyses of young people’s perspectives concerning …

The short version of the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS-18) uses nine
factors to assess video game satisfaction. As video games play an important role for children …

Friendships are a fundamental source of support during challenging times, especially among
pre-adolescents. The current pandemic situation makes it even harder to rely on support …

Prions are infectious, self-propagating amyloid-like protein aggregates of mammals and fungi.
We have studied aggregation propensities of a yeast prion domain in cell culture to gain …