| Abstract [eng] |
Adolescents tend to use the media to find a supportive community, but media use can also be associated with adolescent internal or external difficulties. Since most research is based on young adults ’use of media, it is unclear how well their findings apply to adolescents who have never known a world without media. No studies have been found to discuss the peculiarities of media use among adolescents aged 14–19, the analysis of the links with perceived parental control, and the behavioral-emotional difficulties of adolescents. The aim of the study was to identify the peculiari-ties of media use among adolescents aged 14–19 and to reveal their connections with perceived pa-rental control and behavioral-emotional difficulties. Peculiarities of media use among adolescents aged 14–19 and links with perceived parental control and behavioral-emotional difficulties in this work were investigated using a questionnaire on personal devices (media) and time spent using media (compiled by the author of this paper), Social Media Use Measure (Seo, Houston, Knight, Kennedy & Inglish, 2014a,b), Online Activities Measure (Livingstone ir Görzig, 2014), Parental Control Questionnaire of Internet Use in Ado-lescence (isp. Cuestionario de Control Parental del Uso de Internet durante la Adolescencia, Alva-rez-Garcia, Garcia, Cueli & Nunez, 2018a), SDQ (Goodman, Ford, Simmons et al., 2000; Gintilienė ir kt., 2004) and sociodemographic questions (compiled by the author of this paper). This study found that most teens have and use a smartphone, computer, and TV. Girls are more likely to use a TV, tablet and radio, while guys are more likely to use a game console. The ave-rage time of using media per day is 6.17 hours. The timing of media use does not differ between girls and boys. Girls are more likely to visit social media profiles, do schoolwork, read news and e-mails, and use a webcam, while guys are more likely to play games alone and against the computer and with other people. Adolescents perceive parental control as very insignificant. The greater the subjectively perceived parental control over the media use is, the less time adolescents spend on the media. Adolescent hyperactivity, emotional symptoms, behavioral difficulties, and difficulties with peers are normal. Adolescents with more behavioral-emotional difficulties spend more time online and are more likely to use media just to spend time, or to feel better. |
