Differences between problematic internet and smartphone use and their psychological risk factors in boys and girls: a network analysis.

Background: Problematic internet and smartphone use are significant health challenges for contemporary adolescents. However, their mutual relationship is unclear because studies investigating these phenomena are scarce. The present study aimed to investigate the psychological risks and protective fa...

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Published in:Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors: Rozgonjuk, Dmitri, Blinka, Lukas, Löchner, Nana, Faltýnková, Anna, Husarova, Daniela, Montag, Christian
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 6/12/2023
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          Rozgonjuk, Dmitri
          Blinka, Lukas
          Löchner, Nana
          Faltýnková, Anna
          Husarova, Daniela
          Montag, Christian
        affil: Department of Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Helmholtzstraße 8/1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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          Smartphone Utilization
          Internet Addiction In Adolescence
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Child
          Adolescence
          Internet
          Fear
          Stress, Psychological Risk Factors
          Hardiness
          Scales
          Questionnaires
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
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          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: Problematic internet and smartphone use are significant health challenges for contemporary adolescents. However, their mutual relationship is unclear because studies investigating these phenomena are scarce. The present study aimed to investigate the psychological risks and protective factors associated with problematic internet and smartphone use. Method: A representative sample of Slovak adolescents (N = 4070, Mage = 14.38, SDage = 0.77, 50.5% girls) from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children project was analyzed using network analysis separately for boys and girls. Results: The results showed weak (for boys) and moderate (for girls) associations between problematic internet use and problematic smartphone use. Risk factors showed stronger associations with problematic internet use than problematic smartphone use, with the exception of fear of missing out, which was strongly associated with problematic smartphone use. The central nodes were externalizing problems for boys and internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and resilience for girls. Conclusion: The study concluded that while problematic internet use and problematic smartphone use are somewhat related, they differ at the psychological level. In addition, the phenomena are rather different between boys and girls.
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