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    Examining the Smartphone Use of Jewish Modern Orthodox Adolescents and the Relationship Between Their Smartphone Use and Psychosocial Well-being and Spirituality.
    (2019-09) Wyner, E. Joshua; Pelcovitz, David; Turetsky, Ilana; Shapiro, Eli
    Examining the Smartphone Use of Jewish Modern Orthodox Adolescents and the Relationship Between Their Smartphone Use and Psychosocial Well-being and Spirituality The goal of this study was to assess the smartphone use of Jewish, Modern Orthodox adolescents and potential correlations between their smartphone use and psychosocial wellbeing and spirituality. Hypotheses suggested that a significant percentage of these adolescents engage in problematic or addictive smartphone use, which correlates to elevated psychosocial concerns in areas such as anxiety, emotional symptoms, hyperactivity, conduct problems and peer relations, as well as lower levels of prosocial behavior and spirituality. A survey was conducted utilizing a sample of 289 Jewish, Modern Orthodox adolescents currently attending a co-educational Yeshiva High School. Data was analyzed using independent sample t-tests, yielding results that identified 36% of respondents as problematic smartphone users. Participates in the problematic smartphone use group were found to present with higher levels of anxiety, emotional symptoms, hyperactivity and conduct problems, while no difference was established for peer relations, prosocial behavior and spirituality. The results of this study confirm the concerns of parents, educators and young people themselves, regarding the possible addictive nature of smartphone use and the potential impact of problematic use on psychosocial wellbeing. This data contributes to the limited research available on adolescent smartphone use and psychosocial wellbeing. Additional research is needed to investigate the true nature of adolescents’ smartphone use in terms of specific activities and behaviors, the consequences of those actions on psychosocial wellbeing and protective factors for problematic use.
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    The impact of marital discord on adolescents' psycho-social well-being within the Orthodox Jewish community
    (Yeshiva University, 2023-03) Scher, Estee; Pelcovitz, David; Schiffman, Mordechai; Salomon, Laya
    Marital discord, divorce, parental separation, and being an adolescent of an Agunah can be stigmatizing and lead to social–emotional and behavioral difficulties. The impact of marital discord may be more severe for members of the Orthodox Jewish community, whose culture places significant value and importance on marriage. This study addressed adolescents aged 11–17 whose parents are divorced, separated, or married and their perception of marital discord in the Orthodox Jewish community. The study determined differentiating risk factors between boys and girls and examined the spiritual effect of marital discord on adolescents, particularly given the literature on the pivotal impact of ruptures in attachment and connection on spirituality. The measures used are replicated from extant data from a study on children of Agunot (see glossary). Based on the literature and study completed on children of Agunot, it was anticipated that adolescents of the divorced group would be uniquely vulnerable to a wide range of internalizing and externalizing difficulties. Data were collected from adolescents from divorced, separated, and two-parent homes via surveys to explore the relationship between marital discord and the primary dependent variables. The data indicated that marital discord between parents, although worse for adolescents from divorced homes, greatly impacted adolescents’ emotional well-being, conduct, peer interactions, and spirituality. Some of these effects were more pronounced for boys than girls. The study results will hopefully assist Jewish Orthodox families and students who display concerns due to marital discord, divorce, and parental separation.