Os adolescentes portugueses, a internet e as dependências tecnológicas

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gaspar, Tania, Guedes, Fábio Botelho, Tomé, Gina, Branquinho, Cátia Sofia dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38156
• topic: Adolescents; Social contacts online; Internet use; Social networks; Internet addiction

This work aims to analyze the use of the internet by young people: contact with others online, online intimacy relationships, dependence on social networks, screen time and social conflicts caused by excessive online time, identifying relationships, comparing genders and school grade (age proxy) and identifying regional situations and needs. A total of 8215 Portuguese adolescents (52.7% females) attending the 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grades in mainland Portugal were enrolled in the study of Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC). Gender, grade and Regions’ differences were identified. The female gender uses more of the new technologies to get in touch and to create social networks. The male gender is more likely to create conflicts associated with the use of technologies. In the dimensions considered the youngest tend to use the internet and the social networks more frequently than the older ones. It is noted that in several of the measures the region Centro, compared to the Alentejo region, seems to have a more moderate use. The internet brings with it numerous advantages that one must know how to take advantage, avoiding unsafe or abusive uses or even the development of dependencies. The development of socio-emotional skills, self-regulation, and interpersonal relationships and social support, the search for alternatives to leisure and socialization without being via the Internet, are factors linked to the protection of the quality of life, well-being and mental health of adolescents.