School of Education, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
J Adolesc. 2024 Aug;96(6):1339-1353. doi: 10.1002/jad.12352. Epub 2024 May 28.
Academic cyberloafing refers to students' engagement in non-learning-related online activities during online courses, which can negatively affect their academic performance. Prior studies investigated cyberloafing primarily in the workplace, neglecting core behaviors and interactions among academic cyberloafing in educational contexts.
This study employed network analysis to capture academic cyberloafing as an interactive behavior network to explore the core behavioral patterns of academic cyberloafing and the interactions between these behaviors.
MATERIALS & METHODS: A total of 3537 adolescents (M = 12.49; 53.7% boys and 46.3% girls) in China were included in this study.
The findings indicated that "seeking gossip news" and "watching short videos" are central behaviors. Among boys, "browsing nonacademic web pages" and "watching short videos" are central behaviors; "seeking gossip news" is the most central behavior among girls. Furthermore, in early adolescence, central behaviors encompass "chatting privately" and "seeking gossip news"; in middle adolescence, central behaviors include "seeking gossip news" and "watching short videos." Additionally, the comparisons indicated that academic cyberloafing networks (between boys and girls; between early and middle adolescence) show a similar structure and global strength but differ in specific academic cyberloafing associations.
As adolescents of different sexes and ages engage in academic cyberloafing differently, tailored education interventions can be implemented to address unregulated cyberloafing.
学术网络闲逛是指学生在网络课程中从事与学习无关的在线活动，这会对他们的学习成绩产生负面影响。先前的研究主要在工作场所调查网络闲逛行为，忽视了教育背景下学术网络闲逛的核心行为和相互作用。
本研究采用网络分析来捕捉学术网络闲逛行为，将其视为一个互动行为网络，以探讨学术网络闲逛的核心行为模式以及这些行为之间的相互作用。
本研究共纳入中国 3537 名青少年（M=12.49；53.7%为男生，46.3%为女生）。
研究结果表明，“搜索八卦新闻”和“观看短视频”是核心行为。在男生中，“浏览非学术网页”和“观看短视频”是核心行为；“搜索八卦新闻”是女生中最核心的行为。此外，在青少年早期，核心行为包括“私下聊天”和“搜索八卦新闻”；在青少年中期，核心行为包括“搜索八卦新闻”和“观看短视频”。此外，比较表明，学术网络闲逛网络（男生和女生之间；青少年早期和中期之间）具有相似的结构和整体强度，但在特定的学术网络闲逛关联方面存在差异。
由于不同性别和年龄段的青少年从事学术网络闲逛的方式不同，因此可以实施有针对性的教育干预措施来解决无监管的网络闲逛行为。
