Težave v duševnem zdravju in uporaba spletnih socialnih omrežij pri mladostnikih

Bajramlić, Edita (author), Jeriček Klanšček, Helena (mentor), Zorc Maver, Darja (co-mentor)

V današnjem času se mladostniki veliko časa zadržujejo na spletu, pri čemer najpogosteje obiskujejo spletna socialna omrežja. Tehnološke spremembe so poleg ugodnosti s seboj prinesle tudi nekaj negativnih posledic, ki se jih različni raziskovalci čedalje bolj zavedajo. Zaradi porasta težav v duševnem razvoju v zadnjih letih sem sklenila, da raziščem povezavo med uporabo spletnih socialnih omrežij ter pojavom duševnih težav pri mladostnikih. V teoretičnem delu sem razdelala pojem duševnega zdravja in opozorila na težave v duševnem zdravju pri mladostnikih. Izsledki tujih raziskav glede negativnih oziroma pozitivnih vplivov spletnih socialnih omrežij niso enotni, zato sem sklenila, da povezavo med uporabo spletnih socialnih omrežij in duševnim zdravjem mladostnikov preverim na slovenski populaciji mladih. V empiričnem delu je predstavljena sekundarna analiza podatkov, ki so bili zbrani na NIJZ s pomočjo mednarodne kvantitativne raziskave, imenovane Z zdravjem povezano vedenje v šolskem obdobju oziroma Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC). S pomočjo analize podatkov (Hi-kvadrat preizkusa) duševno zdravje preverjam glede na spol in starost ter ugotavljam, da se s težavami v duševnem zdravju spopada več deklet kot fantov ter več 15- kot 13-letnikov. Ugotavljam tudi, da se težave v duševnem zdravju povezujejo s pogosto uporabo spletnih socialnih omrežij. Cilj raziskave je prispevati k novim spoznanjem na področju spletnih socialnih omrežij oziroma njihovega povezovanja z duševnim zdravjem mladostnikov, kar bi lahko služilo kot osnova za pripravo preventivnih in promocijskih programov na področju duševnega zdravja mladostnikov v Sloveniji.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: spletna socialna omrežja
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2016
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-88350
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11393353
• Publication date in RUL: 31.08.2017

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Mental health problems and the use of social networking sites among adolescents

Abstract

Teenagers spend more and more time on the internet, especially on the social networking sites. Researchers are now realising how technological changes not only brought benefits but also certain negative consequences. Due to the growth of mental health issues in the last years, I chose to focus my master thesis on finding the connection between the use of social networking sites and development of mental health issues among adolescents. In the theoretical part of the thesis I explained the concept of mental health and raised the issue of mental health issues among adolescents. As the results of foreign studies do not agree on the positive nor the negative consequences of the use of social networking sites, I decided to conduct my own investigation among Slovenian adolescents. The empirical section presents the secondary analysis of data which was acquired by National Institute of Public Health through international quantitative research Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC). With the help of data analysis (chi-squared test) I assess mental health according to gender and age; mental health issues are more common for girls than boys and more frequent among 15-year-olds than 13-year-olds. I also conclude that mental health issues are connected with the use of social networking sites. The research objective is to contribute to new discoveries in the area of social networking sites and their relation to the mental health of adolescents. Furthermore, this could serve as a basis for the preparation of prevention and promotion programs concerning the mental health of adolescents in Slovenia.

• Keywords: social networking sites