Naslov
„Youth's attraction to Internet use – What are their motives?“

Autori
Radić Bursać, Sanja ; Rakić, Ana ; Mandić, Sabina ; Lamešić, Lucija ; Dodig Hundrić, Dora ; Ricijaš, Neven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, ostalo, znanstveni

Skup
10th International Conference: Research in Education and Rehabilitation Sciences – ERFCON2023

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 05.05.2023. - 07.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
problematic Internet use ; motivation ; youth ; interventions

Sažetak
The modern world is unimaginable without the use of information and communication technologies. The virtual environment provides young people with quick access to information, new knowledge, socialization, entertainment, etc. Research shows that some adolescents use the Internet to enhance their mood in order to cope with unpleasant feelings and stress. Also, there is a strong link between problematic Internet use and certain motivations, such as escapism and coping with stress. The main objective of this poster presentation is to show the results of a study that examined youth's motivation to use the Internet. The research was conducted with a sample of N=117 students (Mage=13.34 ; SDage=0.647 ; M=57.4% ; F=42.6%) from an elementary school in the City of Zagreb. The Internet Motives Questionnaire (Bischof- Kastner et al., 2014) was used, and its four- factor structure was confirmed in this sample. The results show that participants’ most common motives for using the Internet are social and enhancement motives. Gender differences were found, in a way that girls were predominantly motivated by social and coping motives compared to boys, whereas there were no gender differences in enhancement and conformity motives for Internet use. This research confirms the importance of studying youth's motivation for further planning of prevention and treatment interventions for problematic Internet use.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti

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