Describe the concept of social capital and how late adolescents use technology to develop social capital. What are the implications of technology for optimizing counseling services with late adolescents?

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Technology is a major trend during early adolescence but even more prevalent in the older adolescence phase. Social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter, continues to be an important part of their lifestyle. Facebook tends to be an important factor in maintaining social capital. This age group tends to place great emphasis on social capital, and intense Facebook use has been found to predict social capital. Facebook helps individuals to maintain contact with high school friends as well as recently developing friendships. Counselors need to be cognizant in areas of social networking, such as peer counseling, online chat services, and other online social networking. Research has shown that implicating social media as a means to increase engagement on college campuses has been quite effective. Engaging these individuals via methods with which they are familiar has been shown to increase academic and social development. Though social media has received negative stigma, counselors could embrace the opportunity to use it to their advantage when trying to reach this group of individuals.

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