dc.contributor.author | Gracia, Pablo | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-23T17:42:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-23T17:42:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2021 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Bohnert, M. & Gracia, P., Emerging digital generations? Impacts of child digital use on mental and socioemotional well-being across two cohorts in Ireland, 2007 2018, Child Indicators Research, 2021 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09767-z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/93897 | |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | Despite the growing body of literature on how digital technologies impact child well-being, previous research has provided little evidence on recent digital trends. This paper examines the patterns and effects of digital use on child socioemotional well-being across two cohorts of children grown up ten years apart during the ‘digital age’: the 1998 cohort (interviewed in 2007/08) and the 2008 cohort (interviewed in 2017/18). Multivariate linear regression models were conducted for these two cohorts from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study, a multi-cohort longitudinal study with rich comparable data on a large sample of 9-year olds (N = 13,203). Results show that (i) in 2017/18 children were more active in digital devices and social media, while in 2007/2008 children spent more time watching TV and adopted less diversified forms of media engagement; (ii) spending more than 3 daily hours on TV/digital activities was associated with significant declines in child socioemotional well-being, while such effects were stronger in 2017/18 than in 2007/08; (iii) media engagement (but not other forms of digital engagement) was associated with moderate declines in socioemotional well-being, both in 2007/08 and in 2017/18; (iv) while children’s media and digital engagement differed by the child gender and socioeconomic background, none of these variables moderated the effects of digital use on children’s socioemotional well-being, neither in 2007/08 nor in 2017/18. Overall, the study reveals persistence, but also some important changes, in recent trends on children’s digital use and its impact on socioemotional well-being in Ireland. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Child Indicators Research | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Digital use | en |
dc.subject | Media | en |
dc.subject | Child socioemotional wellbeing | en |
dc.subject | Cohort effects | en |
dc.subject | Ireland | en |
dc.title | Emerging digital generations? Impacts of child digital use on mental and socioemotional well-being across two cohorts in Ireland, 2007 2018 | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Irish Research Council (IRC) | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7) | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/graciap | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 220951 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12187-020-09767-z | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber | IRC/GOIPG/2020/1422 | en |
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber | 87057 | en |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Digital Engagement | en |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Identities in Transformation | en |
dc.subject.TCDTag | GLOBALIZATION | en |
dc.subject.TCDTag | Information technology in education | en |
dc.identifier.rssuri | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12187-020-09767-z | en |
dc.identifier.orcid_id | 0000-0001-8294-2816 | en |
dc.subject.darat_impairment | Emotional-behavioural Problems | en |
dc.subject.darat_impairment | Mental Health/Psychosocial disability | en |
dc.subject.darat_thematic | Children | en |
dc.subject.darat_thematic | Development | en |
dc.subject.darat_thematic | Health | en |
dc.subject.darat_thematic | Youth | en |
dc.status.accessible | Y | en |