Social relational factors of excessive internet use in four European countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00114445" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00114445 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00038-020-01484-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00038-020-01484-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01484-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00038-020-01484-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Social relational factors of excessive internet use in four European countries
Original language description
Objectives Adolescents who deal with more emotional problems have been found to seek escape online, and struggle with excessive internet use (EIU). Poor social relationships have been linked with emotional problems. The current study investigated positive family and school relationships as protective factors against emotional problems and a preference for online social interaction (POSI), both specified as mediators of the association of family and school relationships with EIU. Cross-cultural differences in the model were tested. Methods A multi-group SEM was tested on representative samples of 4104 adolescents (M-age = 14.40 years,SD = 1.65, range 12-17, 50% female) from four European countries from Southern, Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe (Italy, Norway, Czech Republic, and Serbia, respectively). Results Results suggested consistent associations across countries. Positive family relationships and positive school relationships were associated with lower EIU, with 63-64% of the effect of family, and 91-93% of the effect of school relationships mediated by emotional problems and POSI. Conclusions Positive family and school relationships protect adolescents against excessive internet usage, regardless of culture and indirectly-through emotional problems and POSI.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-27828X" target="_blank" >GX19-27828X: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1661-8556
e-ISSN
1661-8564
Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1289-1297
UT code for WoS article
000578101800002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85092520496