Excessive internet use by young Europeans : psychological vulnerability and digital literacy?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00115050" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00115050 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563203" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563203</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563203" target="_blank" >10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563203</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Excessive internet use by young Europeans : psychological vulnerability and digital literacy?

Original language description

This paper combines clinical-psychological and digital literacy frameworks to shed new light on explanations for excessive Internet use (EIU). The combination of these opposing approaches leads to a more comprehensive explanation of intense use with negative outcomes. A survey with a random sample of 18,709 Internet-using children between 11 and 16 years old was carried out in 25 European countries. The study shows that there are interactional and indirect relationships between psychological and digital literacy variables and EIU. Psychologically vulnerable children with higher levels of digital engagement have the most negative outcomes while the least at risk are non-vulnerable children with high levels of literacy (interactional relationship). In reality, psychologically vulnerable children’s risk of negative outcomes is exacerbated by their tendency to spend more time online but countered by their lower literacy levels (contradicting direct and indirect relationships). Among those who are not vulnerable, digital literacy is weakly related to negative outcomes. The implications of these results for future research are that explanations for EIU should incorporate psychological and digital literacy indicators. Practical implications are that clinical psychologists working with EIU should consider digital literacy in developing interventions and that digital inclusion interventions should consider the potential negative impact of increased Internet use on vulnerable young people. This paper’s original contribution lies in showing that whether intense Internet use is related to negative outcomes depends on the psychological characteristics of the child.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50800 - Media and communications

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Information, Communication & Society

ISSN

1369-118X

e-ISSN

1468-4462

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

1255-1273

UT code for WoS article

000555095900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85076568092