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Berker Kurt; Ümit Yildiz; Basak Eda Hanci-Azizoglu; Ersen Vural; Hüseyin Kafes – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
One of the gifts of the Digital Age in the field of literacy is Wattpad, a digital social reading application. The Wattpad platform is the world's largest reading network, with millions of users and diverse content. Within this context of significance and relevance, this study aims to reveal the interactions of adolescents using Wattpad, their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reading Habits, Handheld Devices, Electronic Publishing
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Junfeng Liu – Health Education Research, 2024
The popularity of social networks turns them into a legal method for promoting a healthy lifestyle, which benefits not only people but also different countries' governments. This research paper aimed to examine the Keep fitness app integrated into WeChat, Weibo and QQ as regards long-term improvements in health-related behaviors (physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Social Media, Physical Fitness
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Diana Guertler; Dominic Bläsing; Anne Moehring; Christian Meyer; Dominique Brandt; Hannah Schmidt; Florian Rehbein; Merten Neumann; Arne Dreißigacker; Anja Bischof; Gallus Bischof; Svenja Sürig; Lisa Hohls; Maximilian Hagspiel; Susanne Wurm; Severin Haug; Hans-Jürgen Rumpf – Prevention Science, 2024
This article examines the implementation, participation rates, and potential determinants of participation in the digital addiction prevention program "ready4life." A two-arm cluster-randomized trial recruited German vocational students via class-based strategies. Intervention group received 16 weeks of in-app coaching; the control group…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Addictive Behavior, Prevention, Foreign Countries
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Nguyen, Vinh T. – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of users about using digital detox applications and to display relationships among personality traits and technology-related variables. This study was designed using survey approach and employed Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). As such, 11 hypotheses were constructed and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Personality Traits, Computer Oriented Programs, Behavior
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Olasina, Gbolahan; Kheswa, Siyanda – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
There is an exponential increase of apprehension in the uptake, affordances and the excessive use of smartphones by multiple categories of users and the impact on the society. The research evaluates excessive use within a user community in a developing country landscape. It is estimated that many young people spend too much time on their phones…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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'Tayo, Subair S.; Adebola, Solomon Temitope; Yahya, Deborah Oreoluwa – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2019
This study examined social media usage among undergraduates vis-à-vis its influence on their studies. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised all undergraduate students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria. Five faculties were randomly selected, from which 850 students were selected…
Descriptors: Social Media, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Kaya, Zöhre; Kaya, Selim Firat; Sagun, Aysenur; Koç, Kübra Sen – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
This research aims to explore the risk behaviour tendencies of teenagers in relation to the use of Wattpad and some socio-demographic variables. The research employs correlational research model and was conducted with 572 students (237 female students and 335 male students) studying at science, Anatolia and vocational high school. Risk Behaviours…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Student Behavior, High School Students