Effect of Electronic and Digital Media Use on the Health of Adolescents in Ondo City

Olaosebikan, Olusola Isaac (Ph.D.) and Olorunyomi, Titilope Adetilewa (Ph.D.)
Additional contact information
Olaosebikan, Olusola Isaac (Ph.D.): University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria.
Olorunyomi, Titilope Adetilewa (Ph.D.): University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 11, 1745-1758

Abstract: The use of electronic and digital media has been a growing concern worldwide in recent years. It is associated with some health-related problems, among children and young adults. However, few studies have examined this problem in Ondo city. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of electronic and digital media use on the health of adolescents. The study used an explanatory cross-sectional design. The population comprised 174 students who were randomly selected from 6 secondary schools. The schools were randomly selected from all senior secondary schools in Ondo city. The Electronic and Digital Media Questionnaire (EDMQ) was used. Two hypotheses were tested using an independent t-test and binary logistic regression. The result showed that female adolescents have almost 3 fold the male odds of having poor health outcomes after exposure to electronic and digital media (OR: 2.61; p

Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ ... sue-11/1745-1758.pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ ... scents-in-ondo-city/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:11:p:1745-1758

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science is currently edited by Dr. Nidhi Malhan

More articles in International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science from International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Pawan Verma ().