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@article{42627, author = {Mýlek, Vojtěch and Dědková, Lenka and Macháčková, Hana}, article_location = {Oxford}, article_number = {July}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105038}, keywords = {Unknown people from the internet; Online communication; Face-to-face meeting; Adolescence; Risk-taking behavior; Developmental tasks}, language = {eng}, issn = {0190-7409}, journal = {Children and Youth Services Review}, title = {Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740919314276}, volume = {114}, year = {2020} }
TY - JOUR ID - 42627 AU - Mýlek, Vojtěch - Dědková, Lenka - Macháčková, Hana PY - 2020 TI - Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries JF - Children and Youth Services Review VL - 114 IS - July SP - 1-9 EP - 1-9 PB - Elsevier SN - 0190-7409 KW - Unknown people from the internet KW - Online communication KW - Face-to-face meeting KW - Adolescence KW - Risk-taking behavior KW - Developmental tasks UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740919314276 N2 - 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. ER -
MÝLEK, Vojtěch, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ. Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries. \textit{Children and Youth Services Review}. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, vol.~114, July, p.~1-9. ISSN~0190-7409. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105038.
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