Issue: 2023, Vol. 28, No. 4
GENDER PECULIARITIES OF INTERNET-ACTIVITY IN ADOLESCENTS: INTERRELATION WITH HEALTH STA- TUS AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS
- Keywords
- adolescents, internet-activity, health disorders in the period of internet-activity, academic performance, vision organ pathology, gender peculiarities.
- Abstarct
- At present time due to wide usage of digital devices it is very important to study gender peculiarities of internet-activity influence on health status of adolescents including vision and academic performance. Objective – to study gender peculiarities of internet-activity and interrelation with health status and academic performance in adolescents aged 15–17 years. Мaterial and methods. One-step clinical search study was performed in 407 adolescents aged 15–17 years from Ivanovo municipal budgetary high schools. Two groups were formed: 1 group – 209 boys; 2 group – 198 girls. For internet-activity detection the survey was performed in order to determine frequency, duration and purpose of various digital devices usage. Internet-addiction (IA) manifestation analysis was carried out by S.-H. Cnen technique, 2003, in the adaptation of V. L.Мalygin, К. А.Feklisov. Complex stud- ies of vision organs and academic performance estimation were made. Results and discussion. Now adolescents most often used mobile phone and personal computer (at the average – 7,7 hours per day). Girls demonstrated higher average point estimations upon all scales by S.-H. Chen technique in comparison with boys. Health disorders were more often revealed in adolescents with ID in spite of their gender. Academic performance in such adolescents was lower than in their mates with IA development risk. Some complaints which were typical of asthenopia, refraction&accommodation dis- orders were revealed in the most part of adolescents. Using digital devices for more than 6 hours a day during the day increased the risk of developing myopia by 1,8 times. Conclusion. Some gender peculiarities of internet-activity in adolescents aged 15–17 years and interrelation with health status including vision organs pathology were revealed.
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