Who Is Exposed to Harmful Online Content? The Role of Risk and Protective Factors Among Czech, Finnish, and Spanish Adolescents
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F21%3A00118902" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/21:00118902 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-021-01422-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-021-01422-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01422-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10964-021-01422-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Who Is Exposed to Harmful Online Content? The Role of Risk and Protective Factors Among Czech, Finnish, and Spanish Adolescents
Original language description
Although adolescents’ exposure to harmful online content has been linked to decreased subjective well-being and offline risky behaviors, there is limited research on the factors that underlie such problematic online behavior. Using the conceptual framework of Problem Behavior Theory, this study examined the role of risk (i.e., emotional problems, sensation seeking) and protective (i.e., the quality of family environment, social support from friends) factors in exposure to harmful online content among 4473 12- to 16-year-olds (M=13.9, SD=1.3, 49% girls) in the Czech Republic, Finland, and Spain. Individual country samples included 1848 adolescents from the Czech Republic (age: M=14, SD=1.4; 51% girls), 788 from Finland (age: M=13.9, SD=1.3; 52% girls), and 1837 from Spain (age: M=13.5, SD=1.2; 47% girls). In all of the sampled countries, emotional problems and sensation seeking served as risk factors, whereas good family relationships were protective. In some countries, the effects of emotional problems and sensation seeking were moderated by the quality of the family environment and social support from friends. These moderating effects suggest that individual risk factors for exposure to harmful online content may be buffered by a positive family environment and friends’ support. The findings revealed similarities in the risk and protective factors underlying online problem behavior across three different countries. They demonstrate that the mechanisms proposed by Problem Behavior Theory can help to understand the etiology of adolescent problem behavior across different countries as well as offline and online contexts.
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
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
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
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
ISSN
0047-2891
e-ISSN
1573-6601
Volume of the periodical
50
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
2294-2310
UT code for WoS article
000630843500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85103200707