Digital competence as a protective factor against gaming addiction in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

Tso, Winnie W. Y.; Reichert, Frank; Law, Nancy; Fu, King‐Wa; Torre, Jimmy de la; Rao, Nirmala; Leung, Lok Kan; Wang, Yuliang; Wong, Wilfred Hing Sang; Ip, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100382

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“…For young preschool children, the American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization recommend limiting the use of electronic device for recreational purposes to no more than one hour a day 17 . For parents with school-aged children or adolescents, they are encouragd to devise a Family Media Use Plan so that parents can negotiate the limits and boundaries around electronic device usage with their children and promote digital wellness 18,19 .…”

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of children with neuromuscular disorders

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To examine the impact of COVID-19 on the psychosocial wellbeing in children with neuromuscular disorders (NMD), the parents of 41 children with NMD aged 3-12 years completed a survey during COVID-19 pandemic. The findings were compared to those of the parents of 164 matched typically-developed (TD) children. Health-related quality of life and lifestyle habits of the NMD group were compared with the TD group using independent two-sample t-test. Children with NMD with uninterrupted disease-modifying treatments showed higher PedsQL total scores during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic state (p=0.012). PedsQL total score in the NMD group was significantly lower than the TD group (p<0.001). Those with disrupted rehabilitation training (73.8% of NMD group) had significant lower PedsQL scores compared to those with continuous training (p = 0.012). Parental guidance on the usage of electronic devices was significantly associated with the total score of PedsQL, particularly in the NMD group (p=0.007). In conclusion, children with NMD have had a poorer quality of life than TD children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study highlights the importance of parental guidance on electronic device usage, the continuation of drug treatment, and rehabilitation training for the psychosocial wellbeing of children with NMD during the pandemic.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of children with neuromuscular disorders

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“…Di samping itu, kegiatan ini memiliki dampak positif yang mengurangi risiko penggunaan media yang tidak sesuai. Penelitian yang dilakukan pada 1956 murid-murid oleh (Tso et al, 2022) menunjukkan bahwa anak-anak yang memiliki kompetensi digital memiliki kecenderungan yang lebih rendah untuk terjadinya adiksi gaming. Kondisi kesehatan mental umumnya lebih baik jika adiksi gaming rendah.…”

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“…Ketika kesehatan mental dalam kondisi baik dan waktu screentime minimal, maka risiko cyberbullying berkurang. Edukasi yang menekankan kompetensi digital diharapkan untuk memaksimalkan keuntungan penggunaan media sambil mengurangi efek samping dari penggunaan alat digital yang tidak semestinya (Tso et al, 2022).…”

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Pentingnya Kewaspadaan Berinternet untuk Kesehatan Mental Anak dan Remaja

Yuliana

2022

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Purpose: To describe the ways in increasing the internet awareness for the mental health of the children and adolescent. Methodology/approach: It is a narrative literature review. Articles were taken from the Science Direct and Google Scholar databases. Inclusion criteria are review and research articles. The excluded articles that were not peer-reviewed and unavailable full-text paper. Articles were read twice to reduce the bias. The selected articles were summarized and narrated descriptively. Results/findings: Results revealed that cybersecurity awareness can be increased by digital literacy training. Children should be taught how to avoid risky online behaviour to increase the mental health of the children. The cybersecurity awareness program is good to be given to children in avoiding phishing, pornography, cyberbullying, identity theft, and breaking to privacy. Children must be taught how to keep their passwords safe and private. They also need to be more cautious when playing online games. Limitations: It is a narrative literature review, the result is not as accurate as a study. Contribution: The contribution is the digital literation and cyber security program can be taught to the children to keep the good mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and the time beyond. Keywords: 1. adolescent 2. children 3. internet awareness 4. digital literacy

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“…Digital literacy is the ability of individuals to explain and respond to digital information, including their ability to identify and think critically about digital information [ 18 ]. Relevant empirical studies have shown that digital literacy can reduce the negative impact of negative information exposure (e.g., junk food) [ 46 ] and problematic behaviors (e.g., gaming addiction and cyberbullying) [ 47 , 48 ]. In that way, digital literacy may be a moderating factor of SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure on tobacco and alcohol use.…”

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Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy

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Duan

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Due to the prevalence and severe harm of adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, researchers have been paying attention to its influencing factors. From the perspective of the ecological techno-subsystem theory, this study aimed to examine the correlations between deviant peer affiliation, tobacco and alcohol information exposure on social networking sites (SNSs), and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, as well as the potential protective role of digital literacy. In total, 725 adolescents were recruited to participate in this study. The results showed that deviant peer affiliation was positively associated with adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure mediated this association, and digital literacy moderated the relationship between SNS information exposure and tobacco and alcohol use. Specifically, the association between SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use was weaker for those with high digital literacy. These findings not only explore the combined effects of offline and online risk factors but also provide guides for preventing adolescents’ tobacco and alcohol use by cultivating and enhancing digital literacy.

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Digital competence as a protective factor against gaming addiction in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

Cited by 33 publications

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of children with neuromuscular disorders

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of children with neuromuscular disorders

Pentingnya Kewaspadaan Berinternet untuk Kesehatan Mental Anak dan Remaja

Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy

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