Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno 601 77, Czech Republic.
Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Košice 040 01, Slovakia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 8;17(5):1754. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051754.
This study examined the relationship between Excessive Internet Use (EIU) in adolescents and their family environment, namely the family type, the family economic status, the effect of parental care, the level of parental control, the amount of parental monitoring, the quality of communication, and the time spent together. The study was based on data from an international survey, Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC), conducted in Slovakia. The sample representative for adolescents included 2547 participants (51% boys) aged 13-15. Multiple-step linear regression revealed that higher parental care and parental monitoring predicted lower EIU, while higher parental overprotection and lower socioeconomic status predicted higher EIU. The results suggest that both so-called optimal parenting (i.e., the balance of emotional warmth and protection) and the adolescent's autonomy lower the risk of EIU. Family factors explained about 14% of the variance, which suggests that aside from personal, cognitive and affective factors, a close social environment also plays an important role in adolescence EIU.
本研究考察了青少年过度使用互联网（EIU）与其家庭环境之间的关系，具体包括家庭类型、家庭经济状况、父母关爱程度、父母控制程度、父母监督程度、沟通质量和相处时间。该研究基于在斯洛伐克进行的一项国际调查“青少年健康行为调查（HBSC）”的数据。该样本代表了 2547 名 13-15 岁的青少年（其中 51%为男生）。多步线性回归显示，较高的父母关爱和父母监督预示着较低的 EIU，而较高的父母过度保护和较低的社会经济地位预示着较高的 EIU。研究结果表明，所谓的最佳育儿方式（即情感温暖和保护之间的平衡）和青少年的自主性都降低了 EIU 的风险。家庭因素解释了大约 14%的方差，这表明除了个人、认知和情感因素外，亲密的社会环境也在青少年 EIU 中发挥着重要作用。
