Zasvojenost z digitalnimi napravami pri mladostnikih ter njihovo poznavanje programov pomoči : magistrsko delo

Cigoj Makarovič, Klara (author), Sande, Matej (mentor)

Digitalne naprave dandanes uporabljamo na vsakem koraku, na vseh področjih življenja, bodisi v šoli, na delovnem mestu bodisi doma v prostem času. Vse pogosteje pa raba digitalnih naprav prehaja v prekomerno uporabo, ki kasneje lahko vodi v zasvojenost. Magistrsko delo se ukvarja z zasvojenostjo z digitalnimi napravami pri mladostnikih ter z njihovim poznavanjem programov pomoči pri tovrstni zasvojenosti. Posebna pozornost je namenjena temu, kakšne so značilnosti digitalne zasvojenosti, kakšne so vzporednice z drugimi vrstami zasvojenosti ter zakaj so ravno mladostniki najbolj ranljiva skupina pri (prekomerni) uporabi digitalne tehnologije. Pri tem so podrobneje predstavljeni varovalni in ogrožajoči dejavniki za razvoj digitalne zasvojenosti. Poleg naštetega je pozornost v delu namenjena tudi temu, kako se uporaba digitalne tehnologije spreminja s časom, še posebej po obdobju izolacij in krčenja družabnega življenja pri ukrepanju zoper COVID-19. Osrednji namen magistrskega dela je bil raziskati vpliv zasvojenosti z digitalnimi napravami na mladostnike, poleg tega pa predstaviti razlike v uporabi digitalnih naprav glede na spol in starost mladostnikov ter raziskati, v kolikšni meri mladostniki poznajo programe pomoči pri soočanju s tovrstno zasvojenostjo. Za pridobivanje podatkov je bil v empiričnem delu uporabljen anketni vprašalnik, namenjen 11-, 13-, 15- in 17-letnikom. Vzorec je namenski, vključeval pa je 304 mladostnike iz različnih osnovnih in srednjih šol po Sloveniji. Podatki so bili analizirani s pomočjo kvantitativnega raziskovalnega pristopa. Menim, da lahko pridobljene ugotovitve predstavljajo še en korak naprej v smeri boljšega razumevanja zasvojenosti z digitalnimi napravami pri mladostnikih in bodo lahko navsezadnje tudi v pomoč pri nadaljnjem razvijanju preventivnih programov in programov pomoči pri soočanju s to zasvojenostjo. Izsledki raziskave bodo lahko pomemben doprinos tudi za socialno-pedagoško stroko, saj bodo pripomogli k boljšemu razumevanju mladostnikov in njihovega vedenja ter nenazadnje tudi k hitrejšemu zaznavanju njihovih težav.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Zasvojenost z družbenimi omrežji, Zasvojenost z videoigrami, zasvojenost z digitalnimi napravami, programi pomoči, mladostniki
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: K. Cigoj Makarovič
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 102 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158709
• UDC: 613.8:004.738.5(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 200019203
• Publication date in RUL: 19.06.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Digital addiction among young people and their knowledge about help programmes

Abstract

Nowadays, we use digital devices at every step, in all areas of life, whether at school, at work or at home in free time. The use of digital devices is increasingly common and it can turn into excessive use, which can later lead to addiction. The master's thesis deals with addiction to digital devices among young people and with their knowledge of programs of assistance in the act of addiction. Special attention is paid to the topic of what are the characteristics of digital addiction, what are the parallels with other types of addiction and why teenagers are the most vulnerable group when it comes to (excessive) digital devices use. The protective and threatening factors for development of digital addiction are presented in more detail. In addition to the above, the work also focuses on how the use of digital technology changes with time, especially after period of isolation and contraction of social life in taking action against COVID-19. The central purpose of the master's thesis was to investigate the impact of addiction to digital devices on adolescents, as well as to present differences in the use of digital devices according to gender and the age of adolescents and to investigate the extent to which adolescents are aware of assistance programs coping with the addiction process. In empirical part of master's thesis, there was survey questionnaire used for data acquisition, aimed at 11-, 13-, 15- and 17-years-olds. The sample is purposeful and it included 304 young people from various primary and secondary schools across Slovenia. The data were analyzed using a quantitative research approach. I believe that the obtained findings can represent another step forward in the direction of improvement in understanding digital addiction in adolescents and may be ultimately used to help in the further development of prevention and assistance programs dealing with this addiction. Research findings can be an important contribution to social pedagogy profession, as they will contribute to a better understanding of young people and their behaviour and, last but not least, to detect their problems more quickly.

• Keywords: digital addiction, digital devices, help programmes, teenagers