Adolescents’ Activity on Social Networks and Their Well-being
2019
Аутори
Vuletić, TeodoraKrnjaić, Zora
Остала ауторства
Šincek, DanielaRudolfi, Nelija
Penezić, Zvjezdan
Конференцијски прилог (Објављена верзија)
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In this research adolescents’ leisure activities were investigated in the context of positive
youth development. The sample included 1358 secondary school students, first and third
grade (56% girls). This work concerns activity on different social networks, precisely
following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, You Tube, Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, and
Snapchat. Among other questions in applied questionnaire about leisure activities, students
estimated how active they are on mentioned networks (scale 1-6) and answered about their
well-being on the EPOCH scale (scale 1-5). The EPOCH scale includes 20 items, 4 for each
of the following aspects: Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness and
Happiness. The aim of this work is to investigate if there are correlations between the activity
of adolescents on certain social networks and 5 aspects of well-being. The results show that
adolescents who are more active on social networks have higher scores on well-being in
gener...al (r=.170, p<.01) while Instagram, Viber and WhatsApp explain most of the variance.
Higher activity on social networks is also positively connected to all particular aspects of
well-being separately. Certain highest correlations, among others, between activity on specific
networks and well-being aspects are established (p<.01, for all): a) Facebook and:
Perseverance (r=.072), Happiness (r=.098); b) Instagram and: Optimism (r=.118),
Connectedness (r=.246), Happiness (r=.176); c) Twitter and: Engagement (r=.080); d) You
Tube and: Engagement (r=.076), e) Viber and: Perseverance (r=.124), Connectedness
(r=.127), Happiness (r=.131); f) WhatsApp and: Perseverance (r=.074), Optimism(r=.074),
Connectedness (r=.149), Happiness (r=.110); g) Skype and: Engagement (r=.079); h)
Snapchat and: Connectedness (r=.155), Happiness (r=.082). Higher activity on social
networks is positively connected to well-being of adolescents. Instagram, Viber and
WhatsApp are the most significant contributors, and with Snapchat they are connected with
optimism, hopefulness, and life and relationships satisfaction. On the other side, Twitter, You
Tube, and Skype require higher engagement and focus on what one is doing. Hence, we can
further consider two types of social networks, according to their developmental potential,
predominantly towards communication or interest in life activities and tasks. For further
research, Messenger and Facebook, as well as Direct Messages and Instagram, that include
both mentioned types, should be separated.
Кључне речи:
adolescents / social networks / well-being / EPOCH scale / positive youth developmentИзвор:
27th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists "Psychology and the Digital World" Book of Abstracts, 2019, 157-Издавач:
- Osijek: Croatian Psychological Association
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Идентификација, мерење и развој когнитивних и емоционалних компетенција важних друштву оријентисаном на европске интеграције (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179018)
Напомена:
- M 34
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Vuletić, Teodora AU - Krnjaić, Zora PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4380 AB - In this research adolescents’ leisure activities were investigated in the context of positive youth development. The sample included 1358 secondary school students, first and third grade (56% girls). This work concerns activity on different social networks, precisely following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, You Tube, Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, and Snapchat. Among other questions in applied questionnaire about leisure activities, students estimated how active they are on mentioned networks (scale 1-6) and answered about their well-being on the EPOCH scale (scale 1-5). The EPOCH scale includes 20 items, 4 for each of the following aspects: Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness and Happiness. The aim of this work is to investigate if there are correlations between the activity of adolescents on certain social networks and 5 aspects of well-being. The results show that adolescents who are more active on social networks have higher scores on well-being in general (r=.170, p<.01) while Instagram, Viber and WhatsApp explain most of the variance. Higher activity on social networks is also positively connected to all particular aspects of well-being separately. Certain highest correlations, among others, between activity on specific networks and well-being aspects are established (p<.01, for all): a) Facebook and: Perseverance (r=.072), Happiness (r=.098); b) Instagram and: Optimism (r=.118), Connectedness (r=.246), Happiness (r=.176); c) Twitter and: Engagement (r=.080); d) You Tube and: Engagement (r=.076), e) Viber and: Perseverance (r=.124), Connectedness (r=.127), Happiness (r=.131); f) WhatsApp and: Perseverance (r=.074), Optimism(r=.074), Connectedness (r=.149), Happiness (r=.110); g) Skype and: Engagement (r=.079); h) Snapchat and: Connectedness (r=.155), Happiness (r=.082). Higher activity on social networks is positively connected to well-being of adolescents. Instagram, Viber and WhatsApp are the most significant contributors, and with Snapchat they are connected with optimism, hopefulness, and life and relationships satisfaction. On the other side, Twitter, You Tube, and Skype require higher engagement and focus on what one is doing. Hence, we can further consider two types of social networks, according to their developmental potential, predominantly towards communication or interest in life activities and tasks. For further research, Messenger and Facebook, as well as Direct Messages and Instagram, that include both mentioned types, should be separated. PB - Osijek: Croatian Psychological Association C3 - 27th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists "Psychology and the Digital World" Book of Abstracts T1 - Adolescents’ Activity on Social Networks and Their Well-being SP - 157 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4380 ER -
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Vuletić, T.,& Krnjaić, Z.. (2019). Adolescents’ Activity on Social Networks and Their Well-being. in 27th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists "Psychology and the Digital World" Book of Abstracts Osijek: Croatian Psychological Association., 157. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4380
Vuletić T, Krnjaić Z. Adolescents’ Activity on Social Networks and Their Well-being. in 27th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists "Psychology and the Digital World" Book of Abstracts. 2019;:157. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4380 .
Vuletić, Teodora, Krnjaić, Zora, "Adolescents’ Activity on Social Networks and Their Well-being" in 27th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists "Psychology and the Digital World" Book of Abstracts (2019):157, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4380 .