Sonsoles Valdivia-Salas, José Martín-Albo, Araceli Cruz, Víctor J Villanueva-Blasco, Teresa I Jiménez
Psychological Flexibility With Prejudices Increases Empathy and Decreases Distress Among Adolescents: A Spanish Validation of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Stigma
Frontiers in psychology
present research examines childrens time spent online associated perceived life satisfaction accounting age gender socioeconomic status ses emotional problems country family environmental factors article based data large scale crosssectional eu kids online survey 16 european countries nationally representative samples children aged 917 n 11200 mage 133 sd 236 506 boys 494 girls results indicated time children spent online appeared considerable negative effect selfreported life satisfaction srls comparatively positive effects childrens ses family environment accounted 43 overall 50 variance childrens srls scores considering childrens ses alone accounted 42 variance childrens emotional problems country residence enabling parental mediation accounted remaining 3 4 1 variance respectively line previous studies urge caution discussing negative influence time spent online childrens mental health overall wellbeing current findings suggest socialecological characteristics children use internet need examined