Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Kurtulus Street No: 98, Balikesir, Bandirma 10200, Turkey.
Enerjisa Bandirma Science High School, Martyr Lieutenant Dogus Uran Street No: 61, Balikesir, Bandirma 10200, Turkey.
Health Educ Res. 2023 Mar 23;38(2):107-118. doi: 10.1093/her/cyac042.
The group at the highest risk of smartphone addiction is adolescents. In particular during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, factors such as conducting education online, curfew and the increase in the monotonous time spent at home have led to an increase in the use of smartphones among adolescents. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of the peer education model on reducing smartphone addiction in adolescents. The present semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test control group was carried out with 622 high school students in Turkey. The study was carried out between September 2021 and February 2022 in two stages. In the first stage, the peer educator education program on smartphone addiction in adolescents was implemented. In the second stage, the peer education program was implemented and monitored. While there was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of the mean scores they obtained from the Smartphone Addiction Scale at the pre-test (P > 0.05), the difference between them was statistically significant at the post-test (P < 0.001). This study demonstrated that the peer education model was effective in reducing smartphone addiction in adolescents. Thus, it can be recommended that school-based peer education programs for adolescents should be prepared and implemented.
智能手机成瘾风险最高的群体是青少年。特别是在 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行期间，诸如在线教育、宵禁以及在家单调时间的增加等因素导致青少年使用智能手机的频率增加。因此，本研究旨在确定同伴教育模式对减少青少年智能手机成瘾的影响。本研究采用半实验设计，设有对照组，在土耳其对 622 名高中生进行了研究。研究于 2021 年 9 月至 2022 年 2 月分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，对青少年智能手机成瘾的同伴教育者进行了教育。在第二阶段，实施并监测了同伴教育计划。在预测试时，干预组和对照组在智能手机成瘾量表上的平均分没有显著差异（P>0.05），但在测试后，差异具有统计学意义（P<0.001）。本研究表明，同伴教育模式对减少青少年的智能手机成瘾有效。因此，可以建议为青少年制定和实施基于学校的同伴教育计划。
