ELAVSKY, Steriani, Jana BLAHOŠOVÁ, Michaela LEBEDÍKOVÁ, Michal TKACZYK, Martin TANCOŠ, Jaromír PLHÁK, Ondřej SOTOLÁŘ and David ŠMAHEL. Researching the Links Between Smartphone Behavior and Adolescent Well-being With the FUTURE-WP4 (Modeling the Future: Understanding the Impact of Technology on Adolescent's Well-being Work Package 4) Project: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. TORONTO: JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC, 2022, vol. 11, No 3, p. 1-11. ISSN 1929-0748. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35984.
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Original name Researching the Links Between Smartphone Behavior and Adolescent Well-being With the FUTURE-WP4 (Modeling the Future: Understanding the Impact of Technology on Adolescent's Well-being Work Package 4) Project: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Authors ELAVSKY, Steriani (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jana BLAHOŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michaela LEBEDÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal TKACZYK (616 Poland, belonging to the institution), Martin TANCOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jaromír PLHÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej SOTOLÁŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and David ŠMAHEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS, TORONTO, JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC, 2022, 1929-0748.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10200 1.2 Computer and information sciences
Country of publisher Canada
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.700
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14330/22:00119740
Organization unit Faculty of Informatics
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35984
UT WoS 000779992200015
Keywords in English well-being; adolescents; smartphones; intensive data; ecological momentary assessment
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Background: Smartphone ownership has increased among teens within the last decade, with up to 89% of adolescents owning a smartphone and engaging daily with the online world through it. Although the results of recent meta-analyses suggest that engaging digital technology plays only a small role in adolescent well-being, parents, professionals, and policymakers remain concerned about the impact that the instant connectivity of smartphones has on adolescent well-being. Objective: Herein, we introduce the protocol of a research study investigating the associations between adolescent smartphone use and different facets of well-being (social, physical, and psychological), with the aim to apply innovative methods to address the limitations of existing empirical studies. Methods: This 12-month prospective study of adolescents uses a repeated measurement-burst design with the ecological momentary assessment methodology. Adolescents (N=203; age range 13-17 years) complete baseline assessments through online questionnaires, four 14-day intensive data collection bursts, and an online questionnaire at the end of the study. As part of the 4 measurement bursts, adolescent smartphone behavior is assessed objectively by passive data collection of smartphone data logs and through self-reports in short questionnaires administered via a custom-built Android app. Results: The protocol describes the study objectives, research tools (including the development of the Android app and specialized software), and process (including pilot studies, the main study, and targets for machine learning approaches). Two of the 203 enrolled participants provided no data during the first data collection burst of the main study. Preliminary analyses of the data from the first data collection burst indicated an acceptable level of compliance (72.25%) with the daily questionnaires. The design of the study will allow for the assessment of both within- and between-person variabilities in smartphone behavior, as well as short-term variation and long-term change in smartphone behavior and how it impacts the indicators of social, physical, and psychological well-being. Conclusions: The innovative methods applied in this study (objective smartphone logs, ecological momentary assessment, and machine learning) will allow for a more nuanced assessment of the links between smartphone use and well-being, informing strategies to help adolescents navigate the online world more constructively in terms of the development of their physical, social, and psychological well-being.
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GX19-27828X, research and development projectName: Pohled do budoucnosti: Porozumění vlivu technologií na “well-being” adolescentů (Acronym: FUTURE)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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