Nobody's been studying socially isolated kids -- that's a problem

(North Carolina State University) For years, psychology researchers have treated peer rejection and social network isolation as being somewhat interchangeable when it comes to early adolescence; it was thought that if kids fell into one of those two groups, they fell into the other. A recent study finds there is actually little overlap between the groups -- and socially isolated kids face different risks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news