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When Teens Need Their Friends More Than Their Parents

A new study suggests that teens may cope with stress better when they're around peers, rather than adults.

For many parents, the truth is hard to admit: Adolescents begin to rely less and less upon the adults in their lives and more heavily on their peers. Starting to let go is difficult. But teens’ reliance on buddies is good for their development and sense of belonging.

A new study found that this is especially true in the immediate aftermath of a stressful event, like failing a test. Researchers from Australia’s Murdoch and Griffith universities surveyed teens in real time throughout the day and found that, after something bad happens, they cope better emotionally when they’re with peers rather than with adults.

“Being among peers during times of stress may offer adolescents an open, supportive and rewarding space which may help dampen the emotional turbulence that adolescence can bring,” the researchers write.

They collected data from 108 boys and girls ages 13 to 16, who attend a socioeconomically disadvantaged school in Western Australia. Five times a day, for seven days, the teens completed online surveys sent to their smartphones during and after school, though not during class periods.

Each survey asked the question, “Since you were last messaged, has anything bad happened to you?” The teens rated their recent experience between 1 (“Sort of bad”) and 5 (“Very bad”) and offered a brief description of it. They also reported how happy, sad, lonely, jealous, and worried they were feeling, and whom they were with.

Lead study author Bep Uink said that while the participants experienced “typical adolescent stressors” like breaking up with a partner or failing a test, they also reported additional stressors, such as being pressured into sex, facing racism, recovering from a fight, living in one home while siblings live in another, being responsible for getting younger siblings to school, and working night shifts to earn extra income.

They consistently found that teens who were with (or were communicating online with) friends in the time immediately following a stressful event reported lower levels of sadness, jealousy, and worry—and higher levels of happiness—than those alone or with adults. Whether they were with friends in-person or online didn’t seem to matter.

“Friends seem to be an ‘emotional tonic’—at least in the short term,” study co-author Dr. Kathryn Modecki says. 
 These benefits—from being with friends (vs. family) after a stressor—seemed to be even more pronounced for girls than boys. Girls’ interactions often entail talking with one another, Uink explains, while boys frequently interact during a physical activity. “Girls expect to receive more peer support than boys,” she says, whereas boys are “less likely to be chatting in small groups, overall.” 


How do peers comfort each other? “Social support and distraction may be some of the ways that peers help youth navigate the ‘ups and downs’ of daily life,” speculates Uink. In other words, peers can encourage teens, cajole them out of a bad mood, or simply take their mind off worries.

While educators, parents, and other adults may feel responsible for soothing teens’ stress, Uink also encourages them to help young teens cultivate their power to help each other. This might mean learning social skills like kindness, empathy, or compassion.

Uink, who undertook the study as part of her Ph.D. dissertation, emphasizes the importance of studying lower-income youth, who are typically underrepresented in research.

“Economically disadvantaged youths report higher rates of exposure to daily stressors,” she and her colleagues write in the International Journal of Behavioral Development—so these findings are particularly relevant to their lives.

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Rep Sheet Roundup: UTA Signs R&B Star Jeremih

http://styleveryday.com/2017/07/17/rep-sheet-roundup-uta-signs-rb-star-jeremih/

Rep Sheet Roundup: UTA Signs R&B Star Jeremih

THR’s at-a-glance look at the week in representation news.

Who got signed, promoted, hired or fired? The Hollywood Reporter’s Rep Sheet rounds up the week in representation news.To submit announcements for consideration, contact [email protected].

For your birthday-suit soundtrack needs

R&B artist Jeremih has signed with UTA in all areas worldwide. Shortly after signing with Def Jam in 2009, his debut single “Birthday Sex” hit big, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, with his self-titled debut album reaching No. 6 on the Billboard 200 later that year. Other highlights include 2014 single “Don’t Tell Em,” which won the iHeartRadio award for hip-hop/R&B song of the year, and 2016’s “Planes,” which received a Grammy for best R&B performance. In 2016, ASCAP named Jeremih songwriter of the year. In February, he released “I Think of You” featuring Chris Brown and Big Sean, the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album, Later That Night. Jeremih continues to be managed by Gwenda Starling of MIH Music Group.

Oz Biebs?

ICM Partners has signed singer-songwriter Cody Simpson. The Australian artist, now 20 and residing in West Hollywood, has appeared on Billboard’s 21 Under 21 list for four straight years, and his 2013 album Surfers Paradise debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In 2014 he collaborated with Justin Bieber under the moniker JB X CS for the single “Home to Mama,” which has been streamed more than 100 million times. Simpson has been named the United Nations Development Program’s first ocean ambassador, and he currently is working on his fourth studio album. He continues to be represented by Maverick and Hertz Lichtenstein.

Publicity announcements…is that redundant?

Publicity firm 42West has signed:

·      Keala Settle, one of the original stars of Broadway’s Waitress and a previous Tony nominee for 2013’s Hands on a Hardbody.

·      Rapper Meek Mill, who was the subject of BET’s July 11 inaugural episode of docuseries On Tour With.

·      Actress Margarita Levieva, who will be a series regular alongside James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in David Simon’s upcoming HBO period porn industry drama The Deuce.

·      R&B singer-songwriter Stella Santana, daughter of Carlos Santana.

·      Actor Kit Williamson, best known as copywriter Ed on Mad Men.

·      Argentine-American model Cami Morrone.

·      Pop singer Harry Hudson, best known from Kendall and Kylie Jenner’s Snapchat accounts.

Portrait PR has signed:

·      Lost alum Malcolm David Kelley (Walt!), now all grown up and next set to appear in Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming drama Detroit.

·      Gerrard Lobo, who plays hot nurse Adarsh on the new season of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black.

·      Narcos and When We Rise alum Juan Riedinger, who will recur on the upcoming sophomore season of TNT’s Good Behavior.

·      Kyla Drew of Nickelodeon’s Ricky, Nicky, Dicky and Dawn.

Katz Public Relations has signed:

·      Adam McArthur, who voice stars as Marco Diaz opposite The Middle’s Eden Sher on Disney XD’s Star vs. the Forces of Evil, whose third season premiered July 15.

·      Parker Coppins, co-producer and host of Disney XD’s new show Parker Plays, which premiered July 15. Coppins also has signed with attorney Ryan Goodell at Morris Yorn.

ZTPR has signed:

·      Actor Gabriel Sloyer, who is set to recur on the upcoming third season of Netflix’s Narcos.

Moving out of the house

CAA head of TV business affairs Laura Sher has joined media law firm Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard as a partner.

“With Laura’s addition, we are strategically expanding our entertainment practice to include significant additional expertise and relationships with key industry companies and players,” CDAS’ entertainment practice co-head Susan Bodine said in a statement. “Laura has sourced and negotiated numerous top-level company-to-company strategic deals and brings an incredible depth of knowledge of the issues and practices of today’s entertainment environment.”

Before CAA, Sher served as senior vp business and legal affairs and business development at AMC Networks. She began her career in O’Melveny & Myers’ intellectual property group.

“I’m delighted to be part of CDAS,” Sher said in a statement. “Their ability to match a very high level of skill and experience with business-conscious client relations makes it a great platform for my re-entry into private practice.”

Truth in advertising

Oscar-nominated Food, Inc. documentarian Robert Kenner has signed with Saville Productions for commercial representation. In addition to an Emmy win and Indie Spirit and DGA nominations for his acclaimed 2008 agribusiness documentary, Kenner’s other accolades include an Emmy for his American Experience episode “Two Days in October” and a WGA award for best documentary screenplay this year for Command and Control.

“I like to bring out the honesty in people — getting to the core of what is real,” Kenner said in a statement. “There is a certain authenticity that is lacking in the world of advertising lately.”

Said Saville executive producer Rupert Maconick in a statement, “Documentary filmmaking excellence easily translates into award-winning campaigns. Robert Kenner is considered one of the best in the documentary genre and we are very pleased to have him join the roster at Saville.”

Management change

Manager Lucia Chiao has left The Green Room for Rothman Andres Entertainment, bringing with her clients including Dana Gaier (Despicable Me), Yohance Myles (Shots Fired), Hope Lauren (Supergirl), Libby Villari (Boyhood), Davie-Blue (HBO’s Room 104) and musician Kayla Brianna.

A Cavalier signing

Fermata Partners, the collegiate-, sports- and lifestyle-focused licensing agency acquired by CAA Sports in 2015, has signed a 10-year partnership with the University of Virginia. UVA’s licensing program currently has pacts with more than 350 licensees, with dozens of major retailers carrying its branded products across the region.

“For two centuries, the University of Virginia has served as the flagship institution of higher education in Virginia — and one of the premier public universities in the U.S., Fermata managing director Derek Eiler said in a statement. “It is an honor for our team to be selected to work alongside the University to help advance its mission through its consumer products licensing efforts.”

Elsewhere in Rep World:

‘Insecure’ Star Yvonne Orji Signs With UTA

TV Agent Ashley Holland Exits CAA for WME

ICM Partners Communications Head Michelle Suess to Exit

ICM Partners Adds Agents to Independent and International Film Department

[wrenhavenriver]

lab grade is in and i officially swung all A's this semester

#he must have been very generous with partial credit grading my final because i was not on the same dimension while taking it lmao #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

we walked into our first lab of the semester and our professor was like "haha sorry about the smell the cadaver lab has the room before us"

#extremely average day in a&p #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

microbiology is fun because when you finally get your microscope to focus on your tiny bacteria sample you can say things like “we found the little dudes!!” and your professor will say “the little dudes!!!!!” back at you in excitement

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[wrenhavenriver]

managed to get A's in anatomy and chemistry despite the whole "having a medical emergency that required a four day hospital stay and surgery the week before finals" thing

#still waiting to see my final grade for lab but that's only a one credit hour add-on so i don't care as much if that one falls to a B+ #which there is a reasonable possibility it will since i took the final while incredibly medicated lmao #there was a practical component of it that included performing basic laboratory tasks like lighting a bunsen burner #and i was literally like 'i'm sorry if i blow us up. i am still on heavy pain medication' and the professor just went 'that's fair 👍' #kathryn vs higher education #medical //

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started this chapter of anatomy reading like oh this doesn't look too bad, maybe i won't need to take that many notes! and then i hit the

#yeah okay. tell me more about the hypothalamohypophysial portal system. why not #kathryn vs higher education #smoking //

[wrenhavenriver]

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had a follow up appointment with my oncologist today and she noticed a Spot™️ that she said is most likely granulated tissue from surgery but still required an impromptu biopsy that was how you say Considerably Not Painless and now i gotta pull my shit back together and drag my ass to campus to go take this lab practical. always fucken somethin going on in this here day

#kathryn vs higher education #cancer //

[wrenhavenriver]

eight hours of classes tomorrow

#mondays are just gonna be kinda miserable this semester but. ya know. only fifteen weeks to go #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

we have an ongoing microbiology project this semester where we pick out a handful of pathogens from a list the professor gave us and then fill out charts about them with info like how they function and what treatments are available or whatever concept we've been learning about recently

and one of the questions was "is it a common hospital-acquired infection?" aka things like pneumonia or c. diff or whatever. which is very useful information to know if you're going into medicine, but also kind of hilarious when the pathogen you're writing about is, like, rabies.

like imagine you bump into an acquaintance who was in the hospital and you go "oh my god i heard you had appendicitis, are you okay???" and they're like "yeah the surgery went great! barely even left a scar. i got rabies while i was there though :("

#this is only funny to me but i've been thinking about it all day #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

this is such a funny way to explain this concept. the self-sacrificing Drama™ of it all

#go on without me......only one of us is going to make it out of this......and it has to be...............you....................... #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

taking multiple science classes at once is learning over and over that it's electrons all the way down

#'i thought there might be less chemistry this semester--' you fool. you fucking clown #kathryn vs higher education

[wrenhavenriver]

guy in my anatomy class literally doing squats in the corner to psych himself up for the test. zack fair is that you

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[wrenhavenriver]

my anatomy professor sent me a really nice email being like "hey i think you should apply for this program to tutor students for this class!" and it's the program i already work for tutoring students in psychology 😭 good to know i am officially Tutor Coded

#every time a professor notices me working my ass off in their class it adds ten years to my lifespan #kathryn vs higher education #assorted work nonsense

[wrenhavenriver]

i have lies of p and ff 16 installed and ready to go so i can do something mildly enjoyable my last few days before the school/work death spiral starts up again and instead i'm just sitting here refreshing Webbed Sites and watching nothing interesting appear like

#quite predictably i did in fact get sick at the 3 day long work training held during a massive covid/flu surge #i was masked except for meal/photo times and am up to date on vaccinations tho so thankfully it's just a mild cold #but i'm just sort of tired and unable to focus on anything #honestly tho they could have easily done all those presentations over Teams and been done a lot earlier :/ #the weather was really bad the first couple of days too and i know a lot of commuters would have really appreciated doing it virtually #but i guess that wouldn't have let us do all our ~fun~ icebreaker and ~team building activities~! #idk Employer Mandated Socializing and Fun Times just inherently irritate me on a cellular level #tell me how you want a job done and then let me go do it #having us write a group poem about our department for arbitrary points accomplishes literally nothing but wasting all our time #kathryn vs higher education #assorted work nonsense