Are vulnerable adolescents more prone to smartphone and Internet addiction? A cross-sectional study among adolescents in Switzerland.
In this study, we wanted to assess the association between the level of vulnerability and two behavioural addictions – smartphone and Internet addictive use. Data were drawn from an online in-school survey on screen use carried out among 10th graders (aged 13–14 years) in the canton of Vaud (Switzer...
| Publicado en: | Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 570 - 581 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173856888&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173856888 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17450128 1X2L jtl: Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies issn: 17450128 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 18 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 173856888 171917561 173856888 173856888 10.1080/17450128.2023.2253511 173856888 ppf: 570 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Are vulnerable adolescents more prone to smartphone and Internet addiction? A cross-sectional study among adolescents in Switzerland. aug: au: Siwiak, Agnieszka Suris, Joan-Carles Chok, Lorraine Stadelmann, Sophie Corre, Tanguy Barrense-Dias, Yara affil: Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, Research Group on Adolescent Health, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland sug: subj: Smartphone Utilization Vulnerability Evaluation Internet Addiction Evaluation Technology Addiction Evaluation Human Male Female Adolescence Switzerland Surveys Questionnaires Cross Sectional Studies Comparative Studies Social Determinants of Health Family Relations Social Class Academic Performance Bivariate Statistics Multivariate Analysis Descriptive Statistics Psychological Well-Being Obesity Physical Activity Sleep Disorders Screen Time Age Factors Sex Factors Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: In this study, we wanted to assess the association between the level of vulnerability and two behavioural addictions – smartphone and Internet addictive use. Data were drawn from an online in-school survey on screen use carried out among 10th graders (aged 13–14 years) in the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) from November 2019 to February 2020. The analytic sample included 2893 adolescents (50.1% males), with a mean age of 13.1 years. We defined adolescent's vulnerability based on the following social determinants of health: family socioeconomic status, relationship with parents and academic performance. We categorized participants into three groups depending on their level of vulnerability: Not Vulnerable, Moderately Vulnerable and Highly Vulnerable. Then, we conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses to compare them in terms of SA and IA while considering other explanatory factors including gender, age, residence area, place of birth, educational track, family structure, emotional well-being, being overweight, physical activity, problems with sleep, screen time and parental rules regarding screens and Internet use. We found that almost 28% of adolescents were identified with some degree of vulnerability. Our results showed that adolescents in the Moderately and Highly Vulnerable groups are more likely to develop SA and IA with increased rates observed in the Highly Vulnerable adolescents in the bivariate model. However, in the multivariate model, this relationship only remained significant for the Moderately Vulnerable group. Our findings further suggest that there are other factors significantly associated with vulnerability including age and gender. Given our overall results, it is important to acknowledge that even developed countries contend with the problem of vulnerability among adolescents. A better understanding of this subject, as well as possible consequences and appreciation of the factors defining vulnerability, is needed if inequities are to be addressed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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