Digital Competence, Use, Actions and Time Dedicated to Digital Devices: Repercussions on the Interpersonal Relationships of Spanish Adolescents

Nieves Gutiérrez Ángel (), Isabel Mercader Rubio (), Rubén Trigueros Ramos, Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz, Jesús Nicasio García-Sánchez and Judit García Martín
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Nieves Gutiérrez Ángel: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Isabel Mercader Rubio: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Rubén Trigueros Ramos: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Jesús Nicasio García-Sánchez: Departamento de Psicología, Sociología y Filosofía, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Judit García Martín: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-9

Abstract: Digital media play a fundamental role in the social, emotional, and cognitive development of adolescents, since they involve a very significant use and investment of time at this age. The objectives of this work are twofold: analyze the use of the Internet and digital devices by Spanish young people outside school, and the time they use them and their attitude towards the use of digital devices, as well as to identify the effects of the use of internet and digital devices on social and interpersonal relationships. The sample is composed of 35,943 students of Compulsory Secondary Education, from different Spanish high schools that participated in the PISA 2018 Report. The data provided by this study confirm the widespread consumption of digital devices. Identified as actions that they carry out every day were: the use of online chat, use of social networks to contact their friends, and surfing the internet for fun. Regarding the attitude towards digital devices, the participants say they feel comfortable using digital devices and discovering new applications or games. However, we also found as one of the most relevant results of this study the fact that participants say they feel bad if they do not have internet connection.

Keywords: digital media; adolescents; PISA 2018; attitude; use of internet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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