Technology addiction of adolescents in the COVID-19 era: Mediating effect of attitude on awareness and behavior

Technology addiction of adolescents in the COVID-19 era: Mediating effect of attitude on awareness and behavior

Adolescents have been called the “digital natives of the technology age”, but determining adolescents’ awareness, attitudes and behavior with respect to technology addiction (TA) is important for developing balanced and effective approaches to support their physical and psychological well-being afte...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2022-04, Vol.41 (4), p.1687-1703
Hauptverfasser: Potas, Nihan, Açıkalın, Şuay Nilhan, Erçetin, Şefika Şule, Koçtürk, Nilüfer, Neyişci, Nilay, Çevik, Mehmet Sabir, Görgülü, Deniz
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Sprache:eng
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Addictive behaviors
Attitudes
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Psychology
Social Sciences
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:Adolescents have been called the “digital natives of the technology age”, but determining adolescents’ awareness, attitudes and behavior with respect to technology addiction (TA) is important for developing balanced and effective approaches to support their physical and psychological well-being after the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the present study investigates the impact of attitudes on TA behavior in 382 adolescents by gender and extent of technology use. Three scales were used to determine adolescents’ TA awareness, attitude, and behavior. The results of the dual-moderated mediation model show that gender and duration of technology use (h) moderated the full mediation of attitude on awareness and behavior in TA ( F  = 39.29, df  = 9;372, p  
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-021-01470-8