DANGERS OF THE WORLD-WIDE WEB ON THE DOORSTEP OF ADOLESCENCE
Author(s)
Karácsony I1, Nemes AÁ1, Oláh A2, Boncz I2, Ferenczy M1, Müller Á2, Brantmüller É3, Pakai A4
1University of Pécs, Szombathely, Hungary, 2University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 3University of Pécs, Kaposvár, Hungary, 4University of Pécs, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
OBJECTIVES: Today the virtual space has become the stage of communication for the juveniles. Abuse has also appeared in the cyber space. Throughout our research, we were interested in the victimization in the cyber space and what factors correlate with the appearance of the problem. METHODS: Our research was taken place in Vas County (Hungary) using individually designed questionnaires among 146 high school students between January and February 2015. Throughout the data processing, using descriptive statistical methods, two variants were concerned. RESULTS: Juveniles connect to cyber-space on a daily basis which aims at community based activities (87%), entertainment (84%), learning (70%), computer games (51%), and establishing new relationships (18%). Computer as a new element appears in the relationships of juveniles which has a descending effect on the number of friends being present. As the stage of relationship has been changing, the stage of abusing has been also changing in direct ratio; increased presence in the virtual space - increased abuse in the world of web. Students were abused in the last four months in the offline space (31%) as well as in the online space (39%). Besides the increasing tendency, on the given individual the effects of both cumulate (p<0,05). 58% of the questioned teenagers break age related rules and in these cases online victimization increases (p<0,05). 70% of the parents do not control any activities of their children at all during their computer usage. CONCLUSIONS: Besides the positive effects of the online space, it stenghtens negative effects as well. 2/3 of the victimized individuals also meet abuse in the real space, which shows correlation with the abuse of visiting web pages with age limitation, on which parental control has effect as we have proved.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PMH79
Topic
Health Policy & Regulatory, Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Approval & Labeling, Quality of Care Measurement
Disease
Mental Health