Behaviour of Children and Adolescents and the Use of MobilePhones in Primary Schools in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15410%2F21%3A73609988" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15410/21:73609988 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8352" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8352</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168352" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18168352</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Behaviour of Children and Adolescents and the Use of MobilePhones in Primary Schools in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Today’s young people spend most of their time in contact with mobile devices. Their excessive use carries many risks, such as addiction, cyberbullying and social disruption. Based on this, this study analysed the mobile phone use of young Czechs between 7 and 17 years old (n = 27.177) and assessed the differences in their behaviour according to the mobile device use policies of their schools. The results show that the use of mobile phones was linked to the one of the social networks, YouTube and videogames for the most part. Similarly, those young people who had them at school preferred to use them, instead of practicing sports or social activities. On the other hand, in the centres in which the use of mobile phones was prohibited, they felt bored and without activities to do. Therefore, it will be necessary for schools to implement educational policies that encourage activities and areas of social interaction in the school, especially during recess. However, at the same time, it is recommended not to prohibit the use of technological devices in the educational centre, since this fact encourages students to use them secretly and increases their desire to use them. To this end, its use in the classroom is advocated from an educational perspective, thus promoting collaborative learning and increasing student motivation.

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

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1661-7827

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

16

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

000690540800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85111937105