Preventive Interventions for Internet Addiction in Young Children: Systematic Review.
Background: In this digital age, children typically start using the internet in early childhood. Studies highlighted that young children are vulnerable to internet addiction due to personal limitations and social influence (eg, family and school). Internet addiction can have long-term harmful effect...
| Publicado en: | JMIR Mental Health Vol. 11; pp. 1 - 15 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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JMIR Publications Inc.
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180451876&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180451876 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 23687959 MUYH jtl: JMIR Mental Health issn: 23687959 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 11 pid: 21567 pub: JMIR Publications Inc. place: Toronto, Ontario artinfo: ui: 180451876 180451876 180451876 10.2196/56896 180451876 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Preventive Interventions for Internet Addiction in Young Children: Systematic Review. aug: au: Theopilus, Yansen Al Mahmud, Abdullah Davis, Hilary Octavia, Johanna Renny affil: Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia sug: subj: Internet Addiction Prevention and Control Human Child Systematic Review PubMed Psycinfo Thematic Analysis Counseling Coping Physical Activity Health Promotion Health Education Parenting Education Skill Acquisition Funding Source Checklists Child: 6-12 years ab: Background: In this digital age, children typically start using the internet in early childhood. Studies highlighted that young children are vulnerable to internet addiction due to personal limitations and social influence (eg, family and school). Internet addiction can have long-term harmful effects on children's health and well-being. The high risk of internet addiction for vulnerable populations like young children has raised questions about how best to prevent the problem. Objective: This review study aimed to investigate the existing interventions and explore future directions to prevent or reduce internet addiction risks in children younger than 12 years. Methods: The systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. We searched for relevant literature from 4 research databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and PsycINFO). We included 14 primary studies discussing the interventions to prevent or reduce internet addiction risks in young children and their efficacy outcomes. Results: The preventive interventions identified were categorized into four approaches as follows: (1) children's education, (2) parenting strategy, (3) strategic physical activity, and (4) counseling. Ten interventions showed promising efficacy in preventing or reducing internet addiction risks with small-to-medium effect sizes. Interventions that enhance children's competencies in having appropriate online behaviors and literacy were more likely to show better efficacy than interventions that force children to reduce screen time. Interventions that shift children's focus from online activities to real-world activities also showed promising efficacy in reducing engagement with the internet, thereby preventing addictive behaviors. We also identified the limitations of each approach (eg, temporariness, accessibility, and implementation) as valuable considerations in developing future interventions. Conclusions: The findings suggest the need to develop more sustainable and accessible interventions to encourage healthy online behaviors through education, appropriate parenting strategies, and substitutive activities to prevent children's overdependence on the internet. Developing digital tools and social support systems can be beneficial to improve the capability, efficiency, and accessibility of the interventions. Future interventions also need to consider their appropriateness within familial context or culture and provide adequate implementation training. Last, policy makers and experts can also contribute by making design guidelines to prevent digital product developers from making products that can encourage overuse in children. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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