青少年的数字技术使用,情绪失调和自尊:没有证据表明同一天的联系
Madison E Taylor1, Stephen M Schueller1, Michael A Russell2
1Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA.
Affective science
|December 9, 2024
概括
数字技术的使用对青少年的情绪调节和自尊的影响很小. 这项研究发现没有显著的负面人体内影响,每天使用技术和情绪失调之间只有很小的人与人之间的联系.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 青少年发展 青少年发展
- 数字媒体研究 数字媒体研究
背景情况:
- 人们普遍关注数字技术对青少年心理健康的负面影响.
- 之前的研究往往受到方法上的限制,包括横截面设计和将技术使用视为单一实体.
- 需要进行强有力的前性研究,研究技术使用与青少年福祉之间的细微关系.
研究的目的:
- 为了前性地研究数字技术使用与年轻青少年的情绪失调和自尊之间的内部和人际关联.
- 检查这些关联是否在青少年女孩和男孩之间有所不同.
主要方法:
- 这是一项为期14天的生态瞬间评估 (EMA) 研究,涉及388名年轻青少年.
- 每日自我报告测量数字技术的使用,情绪失调和自尊.
- 统计分析以评估人与人之间的关系 (日常波动) 和人与人之间的关系 (个人平均差异),包括性别适度.
主要成果:
- 没有发现有意义的内在证据将更高的日常技术使用与增加的情绪失调或自尊心下降联系起来.
- 在整个研究期间,平均每日技术使用量较高与情绪调节障碍略高 (人与人之间),但自尊不低有关.
- 性别并没有调节观察到的关系,无论是在个人内部还是个人之间.
结论:
- 这些发现挑战了数字技术对青少年心理健康的广泛负面影响的普遍叙述.
- 在方法上严格,人体内分析表明,技术使用的效果不如人们普遍认为的那么明显.
- 进一步的研究应该继续使用先进的方法来探索数字参与和青少年福祉之间的复杂相互作用.
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