J Tineret Adolesc. 2016 2 mai.
Salmela-Aro K1,2, Upadyaya K3,4, Hakkarainen K5, Lonka K6, Alho K5.
Abstract
Recent research shows an increased concern with well-being at school and potential problems associated with students’ use of socio-digital technologies, i.e., the mobile devices, computers, social media, and the Internet. Simultaneously with supporting creative social activities, socio-digital participation may also lead to compulsive and addictive behavioral patterns affecting both general and school-related mental health problems. Using two longitudinal data waves gathered among 1702 (53 % female) early (age 12-14) and 1636 (64 % female) late (age 16-18) Finnish adolescents, we examined cross-lagged paths between excessive internet use, school engagement and burnout, and depressive symptoms. Structural equation modeling revealed reciprocal cross-lagged paths between excessive internet use and school burnout among both adolescent groups: school burnout predicted later excessive internet use and excessive internet use predicted later school burnout.
S-au găsit și căi reciproce între epuizarea școală și simptomele depresive. De obicei, fetele au suferit mai mult decât băieții din cauza simptomelor depresive și, la adolescență târziu, au fost supuși la școală. Băieții, la rândul lor, au suferit de obicei din cauza utilizării excesive a internetului. Aceste rezultate arată că, în rândul adolescenților, utilizarea excesivă a internetului poate fi o cauză a epuizării școlare, care poate ulterior să se transforme în simptome depresive.
CUVINTE CHEIE: Adolescence; Depressive symptoms; Excessive internet use; School burnout; School engagement
ARTICOLUL DESTINAT STUDIULUI
Internet addiction and school burnout feed into each other
24 Mai, 2016
Excessive internet use contributes to the development of school burnout. School burnout, in turn, may lead to excessive internet use or digital addiction. Mind the Gap, a longitudinal research project funded by the Academy of Finland, has established a link between digital addiction and school burnout in both comprehensive school and upper secondary school students. The results of the Finnish study were published in May 2016 in the Jurnalul de tineret și adolescență.
The findings show that via school burnout, adolescents’ excessive internet use can ultimately lead to depression. Exposure to digital addiction is most likely to happen if the adolescent loses interest in school and feels cynicism towards school.
Fostering enthusiasm for learning is paramount
The research suggests that the most critical stage for tackling the problem of digital addiction and school burnout is age 13-15. The most effective way of supporting adolescents’ mental health and preventing excessive internet use is to promote school engagement, to build up students’ motivation to learn, and to prevent school burnout.
Depressive symptoms and school burnout in late adolescence are more common among girls than boys. Boys suffer more from excessive Internet use than girls.
The study was carried out among Helsinki adolescents aged 12-14 and 16-18. The former group of early adolescents consisted of lower-school 6th graders born in 2000. The late adolescents were first-year upper secondary school students born in 1997. In all more than 3,000 Helsinki adolescents from 33 lower schools and 18 upper secondary schools took part.
The Academy-funded project is the first longitudinal study exploring the reciprocal associations between excessive internet use, implicarea școlară, school burnout and depression among adolescents. Today’s young people are described as ‘digital natives’: they are the first generation who have grown up with mobile devices and social media.
The digital transformation has two facets. On the one hand, earlier research has shown that the internet provides important and pleasurable social experiences that are useful in later studies and eventually in the workplace. The pedagogical use of digital technology can also engage and inspire young people to take an interest in science and technology. On the other hand, digital addiction can also cause burnout in adolescenţi and even lead to depression.
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Mai multe informații: Katariina Salmela-Aro et al, The Dark Side of Internet Use: Two Longitudinal Studies of Excessive Internet Use, Depressive Symptoms, School Burnout and Engagement Among Finnish Early and Late Adolescents, Jurnalul de tineret și adolescență (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0494-2
Referința jurnalului: Jurnalul de tineret și adolescență Furnizat de: Academia Finlandei
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