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MÝLEK, Vojtěch, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ. Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries. Children and Youth Services Review. Oxford: Elsevier, vol. 114, July, p. 1-9. ISSN 0190-7409. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105038. 2020.
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Original name Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries
Authors MÝLEK, Vojtěch (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lenka DĚDKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Children and Youth Services Review, Oxford, Elsevier, 2020, 0190-7409.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/20:00114126
Organization Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105038
UT WoS 000538104100025
Keywords in English Unknown people from the internet; Online communication; Face-to-face meeting; Adolescence; Risk-taking behavior; Developmental tasks
Links GX19-27828X, research and development project.
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Abstract
A considerable amount of adolescents’ interpersonal communication takes place online. Adolescents use the internet to interact with friends and family, but also with people who were previously unknown to them. This study focuses on two types of interactions with unknown people from the internet: online communication and offline face-to-face meetings. We used theoretical frameworks of adolescent developmental tasks and risk-taking behavior to identify the psychological and social factors that relate to the likelihood that adolescents will interact with unknown people. We further examined the differences between the two types of interactions. Using a sample 6,647 adolescents, aged 11-16 (50.4% girls), from five European countries included in the EU Kids Online IV project, we examined the association of selected factors for both types of interactions. Our results support only some of our developmentally framed hypotheses – specifically, though age predicted both types of interactions, the quality of family relationships only predicted face-to-face meetings, and we found no association between the social support of friends and either type of interaction. In line with our risk-taking-framed hypotheses, sensation seeking, and emotional symptoms predicted both types of interactions; however, self-efficacy predicted only face-to-face meetings. Supporting our reasoning that online communications and face-to-face meeting are distinct behaviors, self-efficacy and the quality of family relationships predicted only face-to-face meetings, while disclosure in online communication only predicted online communication. Thus, future research and preventive efforts should be mindful of the differences and not conflate these behaviors. We also recommend preventive efforts for adolescents with elevated emotional symptoms who spend a lot of time online.
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