Internet Addiction in Students belonging to Generation Y and Z and its Relation to Depression

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15410%2F20%3A73606149" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15410/20:73606149 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333186035" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333186035</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2020.0476" target="_blank" >10.21125/iceri.2020.0476</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Internet Addiction in Students belonging to Generation Y and Z and its Relation to Depression

Original language description

The internet has radically changed our lives, more than any other technological medium. We still know relatively little about its effects on our psychological functioning, mental health, and well-being. Social networks are currently the most frequent communication tool, especially among the young generation, which enables communication with friends and acquaintances, and searching for and finding new contacts with new people with similar or different interests. Hand in hand with this exponential growth of internet users all around the world does a significant increase in internet addiction especially among adolescents and young adults. People frequently enter the virtual world because they want to escape from depression or to obtain acceptance from friends and peers. The aim of the research is to evaluate the relationship between potential IA, self-esteem, and depression among pre-service teachers belonging to Generation Y or Z. The participants were 284 pre-service teachers aged 19-36 (SD 3, 81). To determine the empirical data we used the following research methods: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Young Internet Addiction Test, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Sociodemographic Questionnaire. A negative relationship was found between age, self-esteem, internet addiction, and the level of depression among social network users. The results of the research suggested the following intergenerational differences. The generation Z pre-service teachers have a significantly higher level of depression than the Generation Y pre-service teacher. The generation Z pre-service teachers have lower self- esteem than the pre-service teachers belonging to the generation Y.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Article name in the collection

EDULEARN20 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-24232-0

ISSN

2340-1117

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1928-1935

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Palma

Event date

Jul 6, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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