Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence

Boniel-Nissim, Meyran; Tabak, Izabela; Mazur, James E.; Borraccino, Alberto; Brooks, Fiona; Gommans, Rob; Sluijs, Winfried van der; Zsíros, Emese; Craig, Wendy; Harel-Fisch, Yossi; Finne, Emily

doi:10.1007/s00038-014-0636-9

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“…HBSC has been conducted at four-year intervals since 1983/1984 in a growing number of countries. Its methodology is based on the WHO recommendations and all countries follow the same research protocol in terms of sampling, questionnaire items and survey administration (7,8,11,30). The Czech Republic has been participating since 1994.…”

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“…Studies have also demonstrated that LS is related to age, gender, material and housing circumstances, family and school environment, and socioeconomic status (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). Furthermore, LS in adolescents is strongly influenced by life experiences, social relationships, stress and anxiety, social competence and good coping skills, self-esteem, self-acceptance, the ability to love oneself, optimism, and individual spirituality (7,8,14,15).…”

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Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

Hodačová

Hlaváčková

Sigmundová

et al. 2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYObjective: The aim of the study is to examine cross-sectional time trends of life satisfaction and self-rated health in a representative sample of Czech children aged 11, 13 and 15 years using the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study data from the Czech Republic.Methods: Data from survey years 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 was used. The sample consisted of 16,357 participants (48.5% of boys). Life satisfaction (LS) was measured by Cantril´s ladder; self-rated health was measured through the simple item "Would you say your health is: excellent, good, fair, poor".Results: Most of the children were satisfied with their lives in all surveyed years (mean LS scores range from 7.21 to 7.51; maximum 10). LS was consistently significantly associated (p < 0.001) with age and gender. Overall, children and adolescents in the Czech Republic also reported good health. In total, 87.6% of respondents from all samples reported their health as excellent or good. Gender was found to be significantly associated with self-rated health (p < 0.05) in all surveyed years.Conclusions: No permanent trends in both followed indicators have been seen in the examined period.

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Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

Hodačová

Hlaváčková

Sigmundová

et al. 2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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“…Supportive communication between parents and early adolescents has been shown to offset the negative effects (e.g., reduced life satisfaction) of using electronic media (Boniel-Nissim et al, 2015). Moreover, van den Eijnden et al (2010) report that “qualitatively good communication” (p. 77) about internet use on the part of parents decreased the likelihood of their adolescent children developing compulsive internet-related behaviors.…”

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Family Digital Literacy Practices and Children’s Mobile Phone Use

Terras

Ramsay

2016

Front. Psychol.

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Smart phones are ubiquitous in everyday life and are having a major impact on work, education, social relationships and modes of communication. Children are the fastest growing population of smart phone users, with use often focusing around internet access, e.g., 1 in 3 internet users in the UK are under 18 years of age. Despite their widespread use, relatively little is known about the factors that underpin children’s use. The home is a significant ecological context of development and recent research has highlighted the importance of the home environment in promoting and supporting the development of both safe and unsafe online behavior. Yet the importance of these influences currently remains relatively unrecognized. Therefore, in this paper we present a narrative review of evidence examining parental practices concerning digital communication technologies and applications, with a particular focus on smartphones, and how they relate to the use of technology by their children. Emerging evidence to date indicates that two important factors are at play. Firstly, parental technology use is closely related to that of their child. Secondly, that despite parents frequently voiced concerns about the nature and extent of their child’s mobile phone use, parents themselves often engage in a number of unsafe internet behaviors and excessive phone use in the home environment. Our review identifies two crucial lines of enquiry that have yet to be comprehensively pursued by researchers in the field: firstly, the adoption of a psychological perspective on children’s emergent behaviors with mobile devices and secondly, the influential role of context. Given parental concerns about the possible negative impact of technologies, parental awareness should be raised about the influence of their behavior in the context of internet safety along with the adoption of good digital literacy practices. It is anticipated that a comprehensive characterization of the associated contextual factors influencing smartphone use will serve as a catalyst for debate, discussion, and future research.

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“…34 In some samples, communication with existing friends via electronic devices has been associated with positive outcomes. 34,35 Research has shown that many connections with nonfriends or with those with whom youth have weak friendship ties may be related to more cyberbullying and cybervictimization. 19 Although the level and type of involvement online and in social networking contexts varies, engagement with each other in online contexts is the norm among youth, and it is important for them to be savvy not about how to cyberbully but how to avoid it.…”

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When Sharing Is a Bad Idea: The Effects of Online Social Network Engagement and Sharing Passwords with Friends on Cyberbullying Involvement

Meter

Bauman

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Every day, children and adolescents communicate online via social networking sites (SNSs). They also report sharing passwords with peers and friends, a potentially risky behavior in regard to cyber safety. This longitudinal study tested the hypotheses that social network engagement in multiple settings would predict more cyberbullying involvement over time, and that youth who reported sharing passwords would also experience an increase in cyberbullying involvement. Data were collected at two time points one year apart from 1,272 third through eighth grade students. In line with the first study hypothesis, participating in more online SNSs was associated with increased cyberbullying involvement over time, as well as sharing passwords over time. Cyberbullying involvement at T1 predicted decreases in sharing passwords over time, suggesting that youth become aware of the dangers of sharing passwords as a result of their experience. Sharing passwords at T1 was unrelated to cyberbullying involvement at T2. Although it seems that youth may be learning from their previous mistakes, due to the widespread use of social media and normality of sharing passwords among young people, it is important to continue to educate youth about cyber safety and risky online behavior.

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Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence

Abstract: Communication with parents seems to buffer the negative effects of EM use on LS during adolescence. Higher computer use was related to lower LS, but "optimal" frequency of EM communication with friends was country specific.

Cited by 55 publications

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Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study.

Family Digital Literacy Practices and Children’s Mobile Phone Use

When Sharing Is a Bad Idea: The Effects of Online Social Network Engagement and Sharing Passwords with Friends on Cyberbullying Involvement

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