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Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences
Media device (MD) use is increasing worldwide among children. Adolescents and young children spend a lot of time using MD, Internet, and social networks. The age of initial use is getting lower to 12 years old. The aim of this research is to study children’s use and perception of MD. The Italian Pae...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063048 |
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author | Spina, Giulia Bozzola, Elena Ferrara, Pietro Zamperini, Nicola Marino, Francesco Caruso, Cinthia Antilici, Livia Villani, Alberto |
author_facet | Spina, Giulia Bozzola, Elena Ferrara, Pietro Zamperini, Nicola Marino, Francesco Caruso, Cinthia Antilici, Livia Villani, Alberto |
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description | Media device (MD) use is increasing worldwide among children. Adolescents and young children spend a lot of time using MD, Internet, and social networks. The age of initial use is getting lower to 12 years old. The aim of this research is to study children’s use and perception of MD. The Italian Paediatric Society (SIP) conducted a Survey on Italian children in collaboration with Skuola.net using an online questionnaire. A total of 10,000 questionnaires were completed. Children admitted they spend more than 3 h (41%), more than 2 h (29%), more than 1 h (21%) and less than 1 h (9%) daily. Problematic MD use has been found with children using MD before sleeping (38%), during school (24%), and at wake up in the morning (21%). Addiction was documented in 14% of adolescents. Among the reported consequences, low academic outcomes, and reduced concentration (24%), neck and back pain (12%), insomnia (10%), and mood disturbances (7%) were referred. Adolescents may have a low perception of the risks related to excessive MD. The duration of time spent using media devices is a main risk factor. In this context, parents should strongly discourage excessive MD use, mainly during school, at bedtime, and wake-up. Additionally, parents should be informed and start conversations with their children on the potential negative effects of prolonged MD use. |
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spelling | pubmed-80020292021-03-28 Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences Spina, Giulia Bozzola, Elena Ferrara, Pietro Zamperini, Nicola Marino, Francesco Caruso, Cinthia Antilici, Livia Villani, Alberto Int J Environ Res Public Health Brief Report Media device (MD) use is increasing worldwide among children. Adolescents and young children spend a lot of time using MD, Internet, and social networks. The age of initial use is getting lower to 12 years old. The aim of this research is to study children’s use and perception of MD. The Italian Paediatric Society (SIP) conducted a Survey on Italian children in collaboration with Skuola.net using an online questionnaire. A total of 10,000 questionnaires were completed. Children admitted they spend more than 3 h (41%), more than 2 h (29%), more than 1 h (21%) and less than 1 h (9%) daily. Problematic MD use has been found with children using MD before sleeping (38%), during school (24%), and at wake up in the morning (21%). Addiction was documented in 14% of adolescents. Among the reported consequences, low academic outcomes, and reduced concentration (24%), neck and back pain (12%), insomnia (10%), and mood disturbances (7%) were referred. Adolescents may have a low perception of the risks related to excessive MD. The duration of time spent using media devices is a main risk factor. In this context, parents should strongly discourage excessive MD use, mainly during school, at bedtime, and wake-up. Additionally, parents should be informed and start conversations with their children on the potential negative effects of prolonged MD use. MDPI 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8002029/ /pubmed/33809591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063048 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Spina, Giulia Bozzola, Elena Ferrara, Pietro Zamperini, Nicola Marino, Francesco Caruso, Cinthia Antilici, Livia Villani, Alberto Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title | Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title_full | Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title_fullStr | Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title_full_unstemmed | Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title_short | Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences |
title_sort | children and adolescent’s perception of media device use consequences |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063048 |
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