ERIC Number: ED661509
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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Linking Video Chatting, Phone Calling, Text Messaging, and Social Media with Peers to Adolescent Connectedness
Shedrick L. Garrett; Kaitlyn Burnell; Emma L. Armstrong-Carter; Mitchell J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer
Grantee Submission, Journal of Research on Adolescence v33 p1222-1234 2023
For 14 days three times per day (6072 observations), adolescents (N=207, M[subscript age]=15.45 years) reported their digital (i.e., video chatting, texting, social media, and phone calling) communication with peers and their social connectedness. Controlling for in-person interactions, adolescents felt more connected in hours when they had communicated with peers by video chatting, texting, or social media, but not phone calling. Girls communicated with peers via text and social media more than boys, and boys talked on the phone more than girls. Boys who talked, texted, or video chatted more on average reported higher connectedness on average, whereas girls did not. As the links with connectedness were only found at the hourly- and not the daily level, results highlight that a sense of connectedness from digital media may be fleeting in nature.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B140009
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