Risk and Protective Factors for Frequent Electronic Device Use of Online Technologies | Zendy

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Risk and Protective Factors for Frequent Electronic Device Use of Online Technologies

Author(s) -

Morgan Paul L.,

Wang Yangyang,

Woods Adrienne D.

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

child development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103

H-Index - 257

eISSN - 1467-8624

pISSN - 0009-3920

DOI - 10.1111/cdev.13532

Subject(s) - psychology , instant messaging , social media , sample (material) , computer mediated communication , text messaging , internet privacy , developmental psychology , the internet , world wide web , computer science , chemistry , chromatography

A sample of 10,460 U.S. elementary schoolchildren was analyzed to identify early predictors of frequent use of online technologies (i.e., messaging, online gaming, and social networking). Children ( M age = 67.44 months) at greater risk displayed more externalizing problem behaviors in kindergarten (messaging OR = 1.11; online gaming OR = 1.21; social networking OR = 1.12) or were Black (messaging OR = 1.65; online gaming OR = 1.64; social networking OR = 1.68). Children from higher‐income families were at lower risk (online gaming OR = 0.89; social networking OR = 0.89). Boys were more frequent users of online gaming (OR = 3.35) but less frequent users of messaging (OR = 0.62) and social networking (OR = 0.80). Protective factors included specific parenting behaviors.

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