Does Life Satisfaction Mediate the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Excessive Internet Use?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F19%3A73597435" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/19:73597435 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/20/3914/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/20/3914/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203914" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph16203914</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Does Life Satisfaction Mediate the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Excessive Internet Use?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Excessive Internet use is becoming a rapidly increasing problem in today&apos;s society. Our aim was to assess the association between socioeconomic status (SES) of the family and excessive Internet use (EIU), and whether life satisfaction mediates this association. We analyzed data from a representative sample of 2844 Slovak adolescents (mean age 14.34, 50.5% boys) from the 2014 Health Behavior in School aged Children (HBSC) study, based on self-report questionnaires. We assessed the association of SES, measured by several indicators, such as perceived family wealth, parental education, and (un)employment, and adolescent EIU using linear regression, adding life satisfaction as a mediator. Adolescents whose father was unemployed and whose perceived family wealth was low tended to score higher on EIU. Neither gender nor age affected this relationship. Life satisfaction mediated a part of the association between SES and EIU in the case of low perceived family wealth and father&apos;s (un)employment. Adolescents with a low SES are more likely to become excessive Internet users, and life satisfaction mediates this association. Prevention of EIU among adolescents should be targeted at those with low SES, with life satisfaction being the topic to address.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Does Life Satisfaction Mediate the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Excessive Internet Use?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Excessive Internet use is becoming a rapidly increasing problem in today&apos;s society. Our aim was to assess the association between socioeconomic status (SES) of the family and excessive Internet use (EIU), and whether life satisfaction mediates this association. We analyzed data from a representative sample of 2844 Slovak adolescents (mean age 14.34, 50.5% boys) from the 2014 Health Behavior in School aged Children (HBSC) study, based on self-report questionnaires. We assessed the association of SES, measured by several indicators, such as perceived family wealth, parental education, and (un)employment, and adolescent EIU using linear regression, adding life satisfaction as a mediator. Adolescents whose father was unemployed and whose perceived family wealth was low tended to score higher on EIU. Neither gender nor age affected this relationship. Life satisfaction mediated a part of the association between SES and EIU in the case of low perceived family wealth and father&apos;s (un)employment. Adolescents with a low SES are more likely to become excessive Internet users, and life satisfaction mediates this association. Prevention of EIU among adolescents should be targeted at those with low SES, with life satisfaction being the topic to address.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1661-7827

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

20

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000494779100128

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85073475388