Adolescents’ online coping: When less is more but none is worse

K.L. Modecki; M. Duvenage; B. Uink; B.L. Barber; C.L. Donovan

doi:10.1177/21677026211028983

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Adolescents’ online coping: When less is more but none is worse

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Adolescents’ online coping: When less is more but none is worse

K.L. Modecki, M. Duvenage, B. Uink, B.L. Barber and C.L. Donovan

Clinical Psychological Science, Vol.10(3), pp.467-481

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211028983

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Abstract

Mobile technologies are omnipresent across adolescent life and require better characterization of their potential benefits. Adolescents also experience high rates of daily stress so that investigating youths’ technology use in relation to their stress response is of practical importance. We employed experience sampling data from a subset of 115 youths (n = 1,241 time points) who reported on their technology-based coping and assessed how these related to emotion change throughout the day and controlled for important covariates. Models testing for the benefits of moderate use (relative to no or heavy use; i.e., Goldilocks effect) showed a clear pattern of positive effects of moderate coping online, particularly in relation to support seeking and self-distraction. Moderate online coping was adaptive and often fostered declines in negative emotion.

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Title: Adolescents’ online coping: When less is more but none is worse
Authors/Creators: K.L. Modecki (Author/Creator) - Griffith University
M. Duvenage (Author/Creator) - Griffith University
B. Uink (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
B.L. Barber (Author/Creator) - Griffith University
C.L. Donovan (Author/Creator) - Griffith University
Publication Details: Clinical Psychological Science, Vol.10(3), pp.467-481
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Identifiers: 991005540775307891
Copyright: © 2021 by Association for Psychological Science
Murdoch Affiliation: Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre; School of Allied Health
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.185 Communication; 6.185.1004 Digital Media Impact
Web Of Science research areas: Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychology, Clinical
ESI research areas: Psychiatry/Psychology