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Children’s internet use, self-reported life satisfaction, and parental mediation in Europe: an analysis of the EU kids online dataset

Milosevic, Tijana orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1502-7479, Kuldas, Seffetullah orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3510-4056, Sargioti, Aikaterini orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9960-1364, Laffan, Derek A. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5780-1840 and O'Higgins Norman, James orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 (2022) Children’s internet use, self-reported life satisfaction, and parental mediation in Europe: an analysis of the EU kids online dataset. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 . ISSN 1664-1078

Abstract
The present research examines how children’s time spent online is associated with their perceived life satisfaction accounting for their age, gender, socio-economic status (SES), emotional problems, country, and family environmental factors. This article is based on the data of the large scale cross-sectional EU Kids Online survey from 16 European countries with nationally representative samples of children aged 9–17 (N = 11,200, Mage = 13.3, SD = 2.36; 50.6% boys, 49.4% girls). The results indicated that the time children spent online appeared to have no considerable negative effect on their self-reported life satisfaction (SRLS). Comparatively, the positive effects of children’s SES and family environment accounted for 43% of the overall 50% of the variance in children’s SRLS scores. Considering that children’s SES alone accounted for 42% of the variance, children’s emotional problems, country of residence, and enabling parental mediation accounted for the remaining 3, 4, and 1% of the variance, respectively. In line with previous studies that urge caution when discussing the negative influence of time spent online on children’s mental health and overall wellbeing, the current findings suggest that social-ecological characteristics and how children use the Internet, need to be examined further
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:life satisfaction, Internet use, parental mediation, children, wellbeing
Subjects:Social Sciences > Sociology
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
Publisher:Frontiers Media
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.698176
Copyright Information:© 2022 The Authors.
Funders:European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 801522, Science Foundation Ireland Fund through the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology grant number 13/RC/2106_P2, European Regional Development Fund through the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology grant number 13/RC/2106_P2, European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no (101026567)
ID Code:29506
Deposited On:25 Jan 2024 15:59 by Dylan Pidgeon . Last Modified 25 Jan 2024 15:59
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