Adolescents exposed to discrimination: are they more prone to excessive internet use?

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Result on the web

<a href="https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-020-02241-3" target="_blank" >https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-020-02241-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02241-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12887-020-02241-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adolescents exposed to discrimination: are they more prone to excessive internet use?

Original language description

Background The Internet may serve as a suitable environment for discriminated adolescents as they may consider the online space as the place where they have possibility to build social ties they are missing in their offline life or manage their self-presentation. Therefore, our aim was to explore the association between different types of discrimination by peers (because of gender, physical appearance, culture/skin color/language, unfavorable family situation) and excessive Internet use (EIU), and whether gender moderates this association. Methods We used data from a representative sample of 6,462 Slovak adolescents (mean age: 13.00, 49.6% boys) from the HBSC study conducted in 2018. Data were collected through online self-reported questionnaires. We assessed the association between various types of discrimination by peers and EIU using linear regression, and the role of gender as potential moderator. Results Discrimination because of physical appearance was most prevalent (18.0%). Adolescents exposed to discrimination by peers reported higher levels of EIU. We found an interaction of gender on the association of discrimination because unfavorable family situation with EIU. Boys who experienced this type of discrimination were at higher risk of EIU compared to girls. Conclusion Discriminated adolescents are more likely to use the Internet excessively, with some associations being stronger for boys than for girls. Prevention strategies focused on raising adolescent awareness of the risks and benefits of the Internet should target discriminated adolescents, especially boys, as they seem to be the vulnerable group.

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

30209 - Paediatrics

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

BMC Pediatrics

ISSN

1471-2431

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000567508000002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85089929368