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Besalti, Metin; Satici, Seydi Ahmet – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Stay-at-home orders and quarantines have not only shifted traditional face-to-face learning to online learning, but have also led to greatly increased consumption of digital devices during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, many students who were new to online learning were forced into a new environment. The purpose of this two-wave…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Online Courses
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Ciarrochi, Joseph; Parker, Philip; Sahdra, Baljinder; Marshall, Sarah; Jackson, Chris; Gloster, Andrew T.; Heaven, Patrick – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Is compulsive Internet use (CIU) an antecedent to poor mental health, a consequence, or both? Study 1 used a longitudinal design to track the development of CIU and mental health in Grade 8 (N = 1,030 males, 1,038 females, M[subscript age] = 13.7), 9, 10, and 11. Study 2 extended Study 1 by examining the kinds of Internet behaviors most strongly…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Use, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Gradinger, Petra; Yanagida, Takuya; Strohmeier, Dagmar; Spiel, Christiane – Journal of School Violence, 2015
It is well-documented that cyberbullying and victimization co-occur with traditional forms indicating that they share similar mechanisms. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the general antibullying program ViSC might also be effective in tackling these new forms of bullying. A longitudinal randomized control group design has been applied to…
Descriptors: Internet, Bullying, Victims, Interpersonal Competence
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Baumgartner, Susanne E.; Valkenburg, Patti M.; Peter, Jochen – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
The main aim of this study was to investigate the causal nature of the relationship between adolescents' risky sexual behavior on the internet and their perceptions of this behavior. Engagement in the following online behaviors was assessed: searching online for someone to talk about sex, searching online for someone to have sex, sending intimate…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Risk, Adolescents, Sexuality
Hu, Tao – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Online services (OLS) provide billions of Internet users with a variety of opportunities to exchange goods, share information, and develop or maintain relationships. Popular examples of OLS web sites include eBay.com, Amazon.com, Dell.com, Craigslist.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com, LinkedIn.com, Zillow.com, Facebook.com, Wikipedia.com, and Twitter.com.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Internet, Models, Web Sites
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Peter, Jochen; Valkenburg, Patti M. – Human Communication Research, 2009
The aim of this study was to investigate, within a social comparison framework, the causal relationship between adolescents' use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) and their sexual satisfaction. In addition, we tested which adolescents were most susceptible to a potential influence of SEIM on sexual satisfaction. Between May 2006 and…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Sexuality, Internet