青少年屏幕使用和积极幸福感的类型:性别和家长教育影响青少年屏幕使用和积极幸福感的类型
1Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, 42 Park End St, Oxford, OX1 1JD UK.
Journal of happiness studies
|April 15, 2025
概括
像社交媒体和浏览等屏幕时间活动会对青少年的幸福感产生负面影响,特别是在身体形象方面. 过度使用与整体健康状况较差相关,女孩比男孩更容易受到影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
背景情况:
- 由于各种定义和方法,关于屏幕时间和青少年幸福感的研究相互矛盾.
- 需要超越"屏幕时间"的细微理解,以区分特定的数字活动.
- 考虑人口统计学因素的重要性,如性别和社会经济地位.
研究的目的:
- 区分四种类型的屏幕活动:社交屏幕时间,互联网浏览,电子游戏和视频观看.
- 通过六个领域检查这些独特的屏幕活动与青少年幸福的关联.
- 调查性别和家长教育在这些协会中的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国青少年的时间日记数据.
- 将屏幕活动分类为社交,浏览,电子游戏和视频观看.
- 在六个领域分析了与幸福的关联,按性别和父母教育分层.
主要成果:
- 所有的屏幕活动都与外表的幸福感较低有关;社交媒体和浏览是最有害的.
- 增加的屏幕时间与生活的其他领域的幸福感和整体幸福感的减少有关.
- 女孩报告说,与男孩相比,屏幕时间对外观幸福感的负面影响更大;父母的教育没有显示出保护作用.
结论:
- 特定的屏幕活动对青少年的幸福和幸福有不同的影响.
- 屏幕时间,特别是社交媒体和浏览,对青少年的身体形象和整体生活满意度构成风险.
- 考虑到性别差异,可能需要有针对性的干预措施,以减轻数字媒体使用的负面影响.
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