The Negative Effects of Digital Technology Usage on Children’s Development and Health

Mustafaoğlu, Rüstem; Zirek, Emrah; Yasacı, Zeynal; Özdinçler, Arzu Razak

doi:10.15805/addicta.2018.5.2.0051

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“…A common difficulty that parents actually encounter derives from the diffusion of "portable" devices (smartphone and tablet) that children start to use in early infancy (under the age of 2; [13]). Later, due to unlimited Wi-Fi access and enhanced connectivity, children insert activities with mobile devices into many daily routines, for example, during mealtime, school homework, conversations with parents, or before sleeping [14]. Particularly, parents worry about the "pervasiveness" (or ubiquitous) of mobile technologies in daily activities [15], and they fear that an effective guidance and control over them may decrease.…”

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Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

Benedetto¹,

Ingrassia²

2021

Parenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective

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Digital media have quickly changed ways in which parents and children communicate, enjoy themselves, acquire information, and solve problems daily (both in ordinary and exceptional circumstances such as COVID-19 home confinement). Very young children are regular users of smartphones and tablet, so their early digital engagement poses new challenges to parent-child relationships and parental role. First, the chapter introduces the "digital parenting" construct, moving through the literature from "traditional" parenting styles to more recent studies on "parental mediation," that is, the different behaviors parents adopt to regulate children's engagement with the Internet and digital media. Second, the chapter reviews empirical researches on different parental mediation practices (active or restrictive behaviors) and how they are adjusted according to the child's characteristics (age, digital competences, etc.) or parent's media competence and beliefs. Finally, from a bidirectional perspective of parent-child relationships, the chapter discusses the role of youths' social involvement, communication, self-disclosure, and digital skills on parent's beliefs and practices. Implications for parent education and prevention of risks for early and excessive exposure to digital technologies are discussed.

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Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

Benedetto¹,

Ingrassia²

2021

Parenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective

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“…It has been seen that digital games contribute to the development of the child's memory, ranking, classification and problem solving skills. In addition, it has been seen that it provides positive contributions to calm down of stressed adults (Tarhan & Nurmedov, 2011;Mustafaoğlu & Yasacı, 2018). However, the uncontrolled use of these digital games has made "digital game addiction" at the same level as drug addiction.…”

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The Relationship Between Digital Game Addiction, Communication Skills and Loneliness Perception Levels of University Students

Kanat¹

2019

IES

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Today, with the developing technology, the use of computers, mobile phones and the internet has become indispensable tools of people’s lives. Technology has created new risks while facilitating the living conditions. Especially, there are various addiction concepts that negatively affect human life. Digital game addiction has been added to the concepts of addiction. Game addiction negatively affects the cognitive, psychological and social life of the individual. It is seen that such addiction rapidly spreading around the world are also widespread among children and young people in Turkey. The young population in Turkey is quite intense; it is necessary to investigate the problems related to digital games and find the optimal solution. In this research, it is aimed to investigate the digital game addiction, communication and loneliness perception levels of university students in terms of demographic variables. The sample of the study included 646 students studying at İnönü University in the 2018-2019 academic year. A survey that consists of personal information form, Digital Game Addiction Scale, Communication Skills Scale and UCLA Loneliness scale were used to collect data. The data obtained from the study were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance test (ANOVA) and Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Analysis. According to the results; digital game addictions of the participants vary according to gender, grade, parental educational degree, daily playing time and number of siblings. However, income level has no effect on digital gaming addiction. While gender, grade level, mother’s educational degree, duration of play and number of siblings have effects on communication skills; father’s education level and income level have no effect on it. There are significant relationships between students’ perception of loneliness and gender, mother and father educational degree and duration of playing time. One of the main finding obtained in the study; is a significant relationship between digital game addiction and communication skills while there is no statistically significant correlation between digital game addiction and loneliness.

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“…Currently, education and technology are evolving simultaneously, with adolescents becoming more exposed to modern technologies such as smartphones, tablets and computers which are known to have negative effects on the development and health of children. 26 While the impact of social media influences on adolescents is expected to be more prevalent in developed countries where internet connectivity is very high, settings in LMICs similar to rural Bangladesh are also catching up on this trend. 27 28 Adolescents from Comilla and Chandpur may have greater access to modern technologies compared with those from other districts given the higher literacy rates in these districts, 53% and 56% in Comilla and Chandpur, respectively (compared with Sirajganj (39%), Narshindi (49%) and Sherpur (33%)).…”

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Predictors of non-fatal violence or assault among adolescents in rural Bangladesh: cross-sectional study

Osaghae

Bhuiyan²,

Alonge

2020

bmjpo

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ObjectiveTo determine the predictors of non-fatal violence or assault among adolescents in rural Bangladesh to inform evidence-based interventions.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingHousehold survey and national census in 51 unions of rural Bangladesh.Participants, methods and main outcome213 782 adolescents aged 11–19 years who reported violence during a population-based survey in 2013. We used logistic regression to determine the prevalence of factors that predict non-fatal forms of violence or assaults among adolescents. Assault or violence was defined as all injuries inflicted directly by another person or resulting from collateral impact over a 6-month recall period.Results457 (0.21%) cases of violence or assault were reported. The adjusted prevalence ratio (PR) of violence was lower among female adolescents compared with males (PR: 0.60, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.78, p<0.001). Compared with the lowest socioeconomic quintile, being in a higher quintile was associated with lower prevalence of violence, with a 39% decrease in the adjusted prevalence of violence among adolescents in highest compared with lowest socioeconomic index (PR: 0.61, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.84). The adjusted prevalence of violence in Chandpur and Comilla districts was 7.30 times and 7.27 times higher respectively than the prevalence of violence in Sirajganj (PR: 7.30, 95% CI 4.07 to 13.10 and PR: 7.27, 95% CI 3.56 to 14.84, respectively). There was no significant difference in the adjusted prevalence of violence occurring in school compared with home (PR: 1.19, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.69).ConclusionMale adolescents may be at an increased risk of suffering violence, and socioeconomic factors and place (districts) are strong predictors of adolescent violence among a selected population in rural Bangladesh. These findings are important in guiding interventions to address the burden of violence among adolescents in communities with similar demographics as our study population. Further research is needed to identify the actual burden of violence among adolescents at national level and to establish an effective violence prevention programme across Bangladesh.

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The Negative Effects of Digital Technology Usage on Children’s Development and Health

Cited by 175 publications

References 53 publications

Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

The Relationship Between Digital Game Addiction, Communication Skills and Loneliness Perception Levels of University Students

Predictors of non-fatal violence or assault among adolescents in rural Bangladesh: cross-sectional study

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