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Early Adolescent Socialization: The Effects of Internet and Technology Use in Grades 7-8
Description
Early adolescence is a pivotal stage of social and emotional development. Socialization traditionally occurs in person, but social interactions via technology (e.g., social media, video games) have grown in popularity. However, little research has been conducted on how early adolescents interact with technology and how these interactions relate to their socialization as well as other factors such as reading habits or academic achievement. Seventh and eighth grade students (n = 719) completed a survey that captured information about their technology use, their academic habits and performance, and extracurricular involvement. It was hypothesized that those involved in more extracurricular activities would use the internet more socially and that internet use would be negatively correlated to both academic performance and recreational reading. Responses indicated that a majority of students have access to technology (e.g. internet, computers, television, gaming consoles, and tablets) in their homes. Social media use differed drastically between platforms. Analyses indicated a relation between amount of extracurricular activities on social television watching and social internet use, but not on social gaming. A significant negative correlation was found between recreational reading and time spent socializing online, but there was no significant effect of these factors on academic performance. Thus, hypotheses were partially supported by the relation between amount of extracurriculars and social internet use and the negative correlation between time spent socializing online and recreational reading.
Date Created
2017-12
Contributors
- Horner, Kate Elizabeth (Author)
- McNamara, Danielle (Thesis director)
- McCarthy, Kathryn (Committee member)
- Davis, Mary (Committee member)
- Division of Teacher Preparation (Contributor)
- Department of Psychology (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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Extent
42 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2017-2018
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.45991
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minimal
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- 2017-12-07 11:00:37
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 3 months ago
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