Jim Liebelt's Youth Culture Watch

What's Hot? 09/29/23

Trending Today on Twitter - 9/29/23
 1. #RyderCup
 2. #NationalCoffeeDay
 3. Zach Johnson
 4. #fridaymorning
 5. Jungkook
 6. #FridayVibes
 7. #FridayFeeling
 8. Spieth
 9. Finally Friday
10. Cloudfare
Source: Twitter

Trending Today on Google - 9/29/23
 1. Michael Gambon
 2. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
 3. Golden Bachelor
 4. Toby Keith
 5. Ryder Cup
 6. Tim Wakefield
 7. Chandler Jones
 8. Powerball drawing
 9. Argylle
10. Jared Goff
Source: Google

Top Five on Apple Music - 9/29/23
 1. Great Gatsby - Rod Wave\
 2. Slime You Out (feat. SZA) - Drake
 3. I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) - Zach Bryan
 4. Turks & Caicos (feat. 21 Savage) - Rod Wave
 5. Boyz Don't Cry - Rod Wave
Source: Apple Music

Top Box Office Movies - Weekend of 9/22/23
1. The Nun II
2. Expend4bles
3. A Haunting in Venice
4. The Equalizer 3
5. Barbie
Source: Showtimes.com 

TV Shows Trending on Streaming Services - 9/29/23
 1. The Continental: From the World of John Wick - Peacock
 2. Yellowstone (2018) - Peacock
 3. American Horror Story (2011) Prime Video
 4. Gen V - Prime Video
 5. Sex Education (2019) - Netflix
Source: Reelgood

Trending Today on YouTube - 9/29/23
 1. Basement - "Covet"
 2. Habzin Hotel - Announcement | Prime Video
 3. Pailin La Mas Viral - FEEFAFO
 4. The Really Good Podcast | Offset: "Let's not flex for the gram"
 5. Eagles Stay Unbeaten Ep 55
Source: YouTube

Netflix Top 5 TV Shows in the U.S. Today - 9/29/23
 1. Encounters
 2. Love Is Blind
 3. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
 4. Who Killed Jill Dando?
 5. Sex Education
Source: FlixPatrol

How Parents' Work Stress Affects Family Mealtimes and Children's Development

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

Family mealtimes are important for parents and children as a space to communicate, socialize, and build attachment relationships. But it can be difficult for busy parents to balance family and work life. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how parents' job stress influences their attendance at family mealtimes, and in turn, children's socioemotional development.

"We all struggle to maintain the balance between work life and family life. But this might be especially challenging for parents, who are engaging in childcare after a busy and stressful day at work," said lead author Sehyun Ju, doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at U. of I.

The study included data from more than 1,400 dual-earner families, consisting of heterosexual married couples with children, in a nationally representative survey that traced children's development across family, home, child care, and school environments from 9 months to kindergarten. The researchers focused on the interplay of child characteristics, family mealtimes, and parents' job and financial dissatisfaction.

"We found that children of parents who expressed higher work-related stress when the children were 2 years old had lower socioemotional competency at age 4 to 5, measured by lower positive and higher negative social behaviors," Ju explained.

The findings speak to the pervasiveness of traditional gender roles, added Karen Kramer, associate professor in HDFS and co-author on the study. "Mothers are considered primary caregivers, and they are expected to be present and feed their children no matter what. The study showed they didn't adjust their mealtime frequencies in response to job dissatisfaction as fathers did."

"We have to acknowledge the challenges that families face in creating consistent routines. It's not just an outcome of individual influences. Outside factors, such as parents' work environment and financial situation can affect their interactions, mealtimes, and child development. For example, dinner time for young kids is typically around five or six o'clock, but the expectation that parents are home early in the day doesn't align with being an ideal worker."

The research was published in the Journal of Family Psychology.

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-parents-stress-affects-family-mealtimes.html

Constant Companion: A Week in the Life of a Young Person's Smartphone Use

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Common Sense Media.

New research has been released by Common Sense Media looking at how today's teens actually use their smartphones.

Among the key findings of the report, Constant Companion: A Week in the Life of a Young Person's Smartphone Use are:

• The smartphone is a constant companion, both providing background buzz and encouraging regular pickups over the more than four hours of teen smartphone use on an average day.

• Phone use during school hours is nearly universal but varies widely.

• Notifications are plentiful, with half of the participants receiving 237 or more messages per day.

• TikTok is irresistable.

• Over half of teens used their phone overnight on school nights.

Download the entire report at Common Sense Media.

Source: Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/constant-companion-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-young-persons-smartphone-use

High Blood Pressure in Males in Late Adolescence Associated with Later Increased Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

A study of more than 1 million Swedish men followed for up to 50 years found that higher blood pressure (BP) at age 18 was associated with an increased risk for major cardiovascular events later in life, including heart failure, heart attacks, strokes, and mortality. The risk for major cardiac events became elevated, beginning at a BP of 120/80 mm Hg. According to the researchers, early intervention for hypertension may be critical to reducing later cardiovascular events. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researchers from Umeå University and Uppsala University studied 1,366,519 men enlisted in the Swedish military between 1969 and 1997 to measure the association between high blood pressure in adolescence and risk for cardiovascular events in adulthood. The participants' baseline BP was measured during conscription.

Using the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for classifying BP elevation, the baseline BP was classified as elevated at 120 to 129/<80 mm Hg. Based on these measurements, 28.8 percent of participants had an elevated baseline BP and 53.7 percent had a hypertensive baseline BP. Over up to 50 years follow up, the researchers found a substantial and gradual absolute risk increase across BP categories for all major cardiovascular outcomes in adulthood.

One in 10 adolescents with combined stage 2 hypertension would have a major cardiovascular event before retirement, whereas those with BP below 120/80mmHg would not.

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-high-blood-pressure-males-late.html

Most People Rely On Parents For Material Support Into Adulthood

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily.

A new study finds that only a third of adults in the United States did not rely on their parents for some form of material support between their late teens and early 40s. The study highlights the extent to which parents and adult children rely on each other for financial assistance or a place to live well into the children's adult years, challenging popular conventions and expectations about adulthood.

"This work really challenges the notion that complete independence is a necessary marker of adulthood," says Anna Manzoni, co-author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University. "Instead, we see a pattern of interdependency that changes over time and appears to be influenced by race and educational background."

For the study, researchers analyzed data on 14,675 U.S. adults who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, focusing on data collected from study participants between the ages of 18 and 43.

Specifically, the researchers looked at various ways in which these adults exchanged financial and residential support with their parents over time, as well as various social and demographic factors -- such as gender, race/ethnicity, and parents' educational background.

"We found that there is no single pathway that most people take regarding independence from their parents," Manzoni says. "Instead, people tend to fall into one of six different categories."

The researchers call these categories "pathways of intergenerational support":

• Complete Independence (comprising 33.44% of survey respondents) refers to children who become financially and residentially independent in their late teens or early 20s and retain that independence;
• Independent with Transitional Support (20.14%) is similar to the "Complete Independence" group, but received some financial support from parents in their 20s or early 30s;
• Gradual Independence (15.07%) refers to children who lived at home into their 20s and received significant financial support, with that support declining very gradually over time;
• High to Low Support (14.63%) refers to children who lived at home into their 20s and received significant financial support, but that support declined rapidly as the children grow older;
• Extended Interdependence (10.22%) refers to children who lived at home for extended periods of time and who not only received financial support from parents but also provided financial support to parents; and
• Boomerang (6.51%) refers to children who moved out in their late teens or early 20s, moved back in with parents in their mid-20s to early 30s, and then moved out again in their 30s or early 40s.

Source: ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920111144.htm

What's Hot? 09/22/23

Trending Today on Twitter - 9/22/23
 1. #Evadore
2. #fridaymorning
3. Ken Burns
4. Clarence Thomas
5. #FridayFeeling
6. #FridayVibes
7. #AskSRK
8. Happy Friyay
9. Rapture
10. Finally Friday
Source: Twitter

Trending Today on Google - 9/22/23
 1. 49ers
2. Trevon Diggs
3. Europa League
4. Rupert Murdoch
5. Tropical Storm Warning
6. Christian McCaffrey
7. Angus Cloud
8. Splunk
9. Brandon Aiyuk
10. Payday 3
Source: Google

Top Five on Apple Music - 9/22/23
 1. Slime You Out (feat. SZA) - Drake
2. Great Gatsby - Rod Wave
3. Turks & Caicos (feat. 21 Savage) - Rod Wave
4. Boyz Don't Cry - Rod Wave
5. Come See Me - Rod Wave
Source: Apple Music

Top Box Office Movies - Weekend of 9/15/23
1. The Nun II
2. A Haunting in Venice
3. The Equalizer 3
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
5. Barbie
Source: Showtimes.com 

TV Shows Trending on Streaming Services - 9/22/23
 1. Yellowstone - Peacock
2. American Horror Story (2011) Prime Video
3. Wilderness - Prime Video
4. The Continental: From the World of John Wick - Peacock
5. Special Ops: Lioness
Source: Reelgood

Trending Today on YouTube - 9/22/23
 1. Shakira, Fuerza Regida - El Jefe
2. NSYNC Breaks Another Record While Eating Spicy Wings
3. blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME
4. Doja Cat - Agora Hills
5. Bayern vs. Manchester United: Extended Highlights
Source: YouTube

Netflix Top 5 TV Shows in the U.S. Today - 9/22/23
 1. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
2. Kountry Wayne: A Woman's Prayer
3. Virgin River
4. Liebes Kind
5. Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Source: FlixPatrol

Adolescent Girls Sere Severely Affected By Pandemic Stress, Find Researchers

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress.

A new study led by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that adolescent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and self-poisoning increased across Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among adolescent girls.

Researchers from Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC), a network of 15 pediatric hospitals across Canada, looked at national data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) on ED visits and hospitalizations among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18 from April 2015 to March 2022.

"Hospital admissions for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning, and self-harm increased significantly in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Dr. Naveen Poonai, professor at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute. "What came as a surprise to us is that the greatest increase was among adolescent females, a demographic that is often overlooked."

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that emergency department visits for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning, and self-harm rose during the pandemic (April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022) compared to the average from the previous five years, while hospital admissions for these conditions increased significantly, rising 11%, particularly among females, with the largest increase seen among 10–14-year-olds.

Source: MedicalXpress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-adolescent-girls-severely-affected-pandemic.html

One in Four Adolescents Have Been Cyberbullied

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MSN/The Canadian Press.

A new Statistics Canada report says one in four adolescents have been cyberbullied, and it's taking a toll on their mental health.

The study says youth who have been victimized online have a greater risk of depression, anxiety, eating disorder symptoms, and thoughts of suicide or suicide attempts.

The report is based on data from more than 13,000 adolescents who were between 12 and 17 years old.

Source: MSN/The Canadian Press
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/smart-living/1-in-4-adolescents-have-been-cyberbullied-statcan-says/

Researchers Find Association Between Vaping and Asthma Among US Adolescents

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Texas A&M.

A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that vaping increases the risk of asthma in adolescents who have never smoked conventional tobacco products.

In this new study, which was published in Preventive Medicine, researchers analyzed data from a national survey of youth to determine whether there is an association between vaping and asthma. The researchers also sought to identify factors that may be associated with e-cigarette use in adolescents.

The team used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, a national health dataset set up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track the health behaviors and outcomes of children and youth. This study used data collected between 2015 and 2019 that included information on e-cigarette use. The analysis included data on more than 3,000 adolescents aged 13 to 17 in Texas and more than 32,000 adolescents in the United States for comparison.

The study identified an association between e-cigarette use and asthma in adolescents who had never smoked conventional tobacco products. This demonstrates that vaping increases the risk of asthma independently from conventional tobacco product use in adolescents.

The researchers also found evidence that some demographic factors, behaviors related to substance use, and the presence of depressive symptoms are associated with e-cigarette use. Adolescents who used conventional cigarettes, alcohol and other substances were more likely to use e-cigarettes, as were subjects with depression.

Source: Texas A&M
https://today.tamu.edu/2023/09/18/researchers-find-association-between-vaping-and-asthma-among-us-adolescents/

Parent Drinking Behaviors Linked to Adolescent Drinking

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay.

Parent drinking behaviors, specifically frequent drinking and binge drinking, are associated with increased odds of drinking among adolescents, according to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Michele K. Bohm, M.P.H., and Marissa B. Esser, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, estimated the prevalence of adolescent drinking using responses from 740 parent-child dyads from the 2020 SummerStyles and YouthStyles surveys. In addition, the association between parents' drinking behaviors and drinking among their children was examined.

The researchers found that 6.6 percent of adolescents drank alcohol; no significant differences in prevalence were seen by sociodemographic characteristics. Compared with adolescents whose parents did not drink or did not binge drink, adolescents whose parents drank frequently (at least five days/month) or binge drank had significantly higher odds of drinking (adjusted odds ratios, 4.1 and 3.7, respectively).

Source: HealthDay
https://consumer.healthday.com/parent-drinking-behaviors-linked-to-adolescent-drinking-2665385854.html