Budući da danas odrastanje gotovo neizostavno uključuje i svakodnevnu uporabu modernih tehnologija, važno je ispitati na koji način i u kojem vremenskom okviru mladi provode vrijeme na internetu i društvenim mrežama. Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je ispitati opće navike korištenja internetom i društvenim mrežama kod adolescenata srednjoškolske dobi u Republici Hrvatskoj (N=1806). Online upitnikom, konstruiranim za potrebe ovog istraživanja putem Google Forms platforme, ispitana je nekolicina čimbenika provođenja vremena na internetu i društvenim mrežama. U rezultatima su detaljno izložene aktivnosti adolescenata po pojedinim društvenim mrežama, kao i čimbenici povezani s adolescentima u kontekstu mrežnih aktivnosti. Rezultati upozoravaju da se tijekom vremena mijenjaju preferencije korištenja društvenim mrežama kod adolescenata, ali i upućuju na sklonost upuštanja mladih u rizična ponašanja poput upoznavanja ili dopisivanja s nepoznatim osobama. Navedeno upozorava na potrebu za kontinuiranom doedukacijom stručnjaka, ali i roditelja, koja će pratiti navike djece i mladih, kao i implementaciju strukturiranih modaliteta rada s djecom i mladima o sigurnom korištenju internetom.
Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je provjeriti postoji li razlika kod pojedinaca koji koriste i ne koriste sportske dodatke prehrani u aspektima zadovoljenja potreba vlastitog tijela i stajališta oko toga je li ih vaganje deprimira, smatraju li da imaju lijepo tijelo i svjesnosti o vlastitom tjelesnom izgledu. Također, studija je imala za cilj provjeriti i postojanje razlike između osoba koje se bave i koje se ne bave fitnesom u domenama zadovoljstva raspoloženjem i odnosa s drugim ljudima. U istraživanju su sudjelovale osobe u dobnom rasponu od 18 do 56 godina, od toga 141 muškarac i 552 žene. Rezultati su pokazali kako osobe koje koriste suplemente više brinu o zadovoljavanju potreba vlastitog tijela, imaju izraženiji stav da ih vaganje deprimira, izraženije mišljenje da imaju lijepo tijelo te veću svjesnost o vlastitom izgledu nego osobe koje ne koriste suplemente. Nadalje, osobe koje se bave tjelesnom aktivnošću zadovoljnije su svojim raspoloženjem od osoba koje se ne bave tjelesnom aktivnošću. S druge strane, nije pronađena razlika između osoba koje se bave i osoba koje se ne bave tjelesnom aktivnošću u zadovoljstvu odnosa s drugim ljudima.
Aims. Children’s online activities can result in serious consequences in their offline lives. Although Facebook is one of the biggest and most popular social networks in the world, there is little scientific research on cyberbullying via this social network because it is a new phenomenon. This study had the aim of examining children's behavior and experiences of violence on the Facebook social network. This seems to be the first research on cyberbullying on social networks in Croatia.Methods. Data presented in this paper were collected as part of an extensive research project conducted in 2013 by NGO Brave Phone and The Child Protection Center of Zagreb. The sample consisted of 1,489 children in Croatia aged 11 to 18 in rural and urban areas that completed the Scale of Victimization on Facebook and Scale of Committing Violence via Facebook.Results. Our results show that the average age when cyberbullying is most prevalent is between the ages of 15 and 16. In the overall sample, 12.1% of them experience abuse on Facebook, while 9.6% of them are abusive. The analysis of the children who were involved in abuse on Facebook in any way, showed that 44.4% of them experienced abuse, 29.7% showed abusive behavior, while 25.9% of children both experienced abuse and were abusive on Facebook. Victims are mostly girls (60%), while boys commit cyberbullying more often (62%). Also, 58% of mixed cybervictims and cyberbullies are boys.Discussion. The results of prevalence of cyberbullying in our study are similar to those of previous population based studies. It is important to point out that although the prevalence of bullying was high; it is mostly a rare experience for the majority of children.Conclusions. Cyberbullying is a serious and growing problem and the academic community has to continue with the extensive research and development of practical prevention and intervention programs. Future research aimed at examining methods of coping with negative experiences on the Internet is necessary and there is a strong need for more research considering coping strategies of adolescents struggling with cyber victimization.
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