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The 2nd Edition: Media Use during Childhood and Adolescence

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 51570

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alberto Villani

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1. The Italian Pediatric Society, via Gioberti 60, 00185 Roma, Italy
2. Pediatric Department, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Roma, Italy
Interests: pediatric; infectious diseases; adolescence; children; communication
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Dr. Elena Bozzola

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Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, 00165 Roma, Italy
Interests: pediatric; infectious diseases; adolescence; children; communication
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Dr. Alberto Eugenio Tozzi

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Bambino Gesù Children Hospital; Italian Pediatric Society, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
Interests: pediatric; public health; technology; social media
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The use of several different media by toddlers and adults may change personal relationships and behaviors. The use of several interactive apps, social networks, and video games is widespread in the general population and their use is constantly increasing in childhood. In this context, even young children frequently own a mobile device and are massively exposed to digital content with no supervision. Adverse effects of early and prolonged exposure to digital technologies in pre-school children have been described in several studies. Since digital devices are used to construct a social identity and express personality, the age of initial use of social networks is dropping to 12–13 years. Moreover, problematic internet use is considered an important public health concern in specific groups, such as adolescents. Social network and smartphone use may be associated with learning difficulties, poor sleep quality, and ocular problems. Problematic smartphone use has been related to addiction, skeletal problems, muscle pain, sedentary lifestyle, lack of physical energy, and weakened immunity. Cyberbullying and hikikomori phenomena are also becoming popular. On the other hand, smartphones and the Internet have also been associated with several positive outcomes relevant to social interaction and communication, developmental and psychology features, and dexterity.

 This Special Issue will host scientific papers investigating the use of digital devices, social networks, and other web applications in children and adolescents and describing their impact on health and wellbeing.

Dr. Alberto Villani
Dr. Elena Bozzola
Dr. Alberto Eugenio Tozzi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • media device
  • cyberbullying
  • adolescence
  • children
  • problematic use
  • addiction
  • mobile medical application
  • smartphone
  • social media
  • internet

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The Use of Social Media in Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review on the Potential Risks
by Elena Bozzola, Giulia Spina, Rino Agostiniani, Sarah Barni, Rocco Russo, Elena Scarpato, Antonio Di Mauro, Antonella Vita Di Stefano, Cinthia Caruso, Giovanni Corsello and Annamaria Staiano
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 9960; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169960 - 12 Aug 2022
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In recent years, social media has become part of our lives, even among children. From the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic period, media device and Internet access rapidly increased. Adolescents connected Internet alone, consulting social media, mostly Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. During “lockdown”, the [...] Read more.
In recent years, social media has become part of our lives, even among children. From the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic period, media device and Internet access rapidly increased. Adolescents connected Internet alone, consulting social media, mostly Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. During “lockdown”, the Internet usage allowed communication with peers and the continuity activities such as school teaching. However, we have to keep in mind that media usage may be related to some adverse consequences especially in the most vulnerable people, such as the young. Aim of the review is to focus on risks correlated to social media use by children and adolescents, identifying spies of rising problems and engaging in preventive recommendations. The scoping review was performed according to PRISMA guidelines, searching on PubMed the terms “social media” or “social network”, “health”, and “pediatrics”. Excluding articles not pertinent, we found 68 reports. Out of them, 19 were dealing with depression, 15 with diet, and 15 with psychological problems, which appeared to be the most reported risk of social media use. Other identified associated problems were sleep, addiction, anxiety, sex related issues, behavioral problems, body image, physical activity, online grooming, sight, headache, and dental caries. Public and medical awareness must rise over this topic and new prevention measures must be found, starting with health practitioners, caregivers, and websites/application developers. Pediatricians should be aware of the risks associated to a problematic social media use for the young’s health and identify sentinel signs in children as well as prevent negative outcomes in accordance with the family. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The 2nd Edition: Media Use during Childhood and Adolescence)
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Parental Efficacy in Managing Smartphone Use of Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Parental and Adolescent Related Factors
by Wen-Jiun Chou, Ray C. Hsiao and Cheng-Fang Yen
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(15), 9505; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159505 - 2 Aug 2022
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Parental management has an important role in preventing problematic smartphone use among adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study aimed to examine the parental factors (e.g., demographics, depressive symptoms and parenting styles) and adolescent factors (e.g., demographics, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] [...] Read more.
Parental management has an important role in preventing problematic smartphone use among adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study aimed to examine the parental factors (e.g., demographics, depressive symptoms and parenting styles) and adolescent factors (e.g., demographics, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] symptoms, and problematic smartphone use) related to parental efficacy in managing adolescent smartphone use (PEMASU) among 237 parents of adolescents with ADHD. PEMASU was measured by the Parental Smartphone Use Management Scale. Parental depressive symptoms and parenting styles (parental affection/care and overprotection) were measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale and Parental Bonding Instrument, respectively. Adolescent ADHD and ODD symptoms and problematic smartphone use were measured by the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham, version IV scale and Problematic Smartphone Use Questionnaire, respectively. Three models of hierarchical linear regression were performed to examine the parental and adolescent factors related to PEMASU. The results indicated that adolescent older age and more severe ODD symptoms and problematic smartphone use were significantly associated with lower PEMASU, whereas greater parental affection/care was significantly associated with higher PEMASU. This study demonstrated that both parental and adolescent factors contribute to PEMASU among parents of adolescents with ADHD. Intervention programs aiming to enhancing PEMASU need to take these related factors into consideration. Full article
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Teasing and Internet Harassment among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Envy and the Moderating Role of the Zhong-Yong Thinking Style
by Qiong Wang, Ruilin Tu, Yihe Jiang, Wei Hu and Xiao Luo
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(9), 5501; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095501 - 1 May 2022
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Extant research studies have documented that teen victims of traditional bullying are more likely to be perpetrators of Internet harassment. Teasing is a typical form of verbal bullying, but, unfortunately, its link with Internet harassment perpetration has rarely been investigated to date. Therefore, [...] Read more.
Extant research studies have documented that teen victims of traditional bullying are more likely to be perpetrators of Internet harassment. Teasing is a typical form of verbal bullying, but, unfortunately, its link with Internet harassment perpetration has rarely been investigated to date. Therefore, this study constructed two moderated mediation models to explore the relation between weight-related/competency-related teasing (the two main types of teasing) and Internet harassment, and whether these associations are mediated by envy and moderated by the Zhong-Yong thinking style. A total of 1811 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 13.22 years, SD = 0.97) were investigated to examine the two models. The results clarified that: (1) weight-related/competency-related teasing was positively predictive of adolescent Internet harassment; (2) envy acted a partially mediating role in the associations between weight-related/competency-related teasing and Internet harassment; (3) the Zhong-Yong thinking style not only moderated the link between weight-related/competency-related teasing and envy, with the effect being more profound for a high-level Zhong-Yong thinking style possessed by adolescents, but also moderated the direct link between competency-related teasing and Internet harassment, with the relation being more potent when the level of Zhong-Yong thinking style was low. Nevertheless, the direct link between weight-related teasing and Internet harassment was not moderated by the Zhong-Yong thinking style. These findings are important to comprehend the psychological mechanisms linking weight-related/competency-related teasing to Internet harassment, and provide some enlightenment for preventing and intervening in adolescent Internet harassment perpetration. Full article
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