Schizotypy as a predictor for problematic technology use in emerging adults

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin Massaro ◽  
George Nitzburg ◽  
Tom Dinzeo
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use

scholarly journals Embodied Listening Modes as Part of Habitual Music Media Orientations: Relating Young Adults’ Audio Technology Use with Their Music Socialization and Taste Preferences

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Lepa ◽  
Markus Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Taste Preferences ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Audio Media

Music listening in everyday life is nowadays typically characterized by trans-media use: Most young adults in Germany use several different technologies for accessing, storing, sharing, and listening to their music. Nevertheless, there exist two relatively homogenous large music-related media user groups within the younger birth-cohorts: The ‘Digital Mobilists’ exhibit a rather narrow ‘audio repertoire’, concentrating on radio, notebook, mobile devices, internal speakers and headphones. Conversely, the ‘Versatile Audiophiles’ have a broader audio repertoire encompassing also HiFi stereo units, various storage media, HiFi headphones and separate loudspeakers of various kinds. The paper is describing a mixed-methods study which tries to explain young adults’ membership in one of these two ‘communicative figurations’ both by a) logistic regression on socio-demographics, media socialization and musical taste preferences employing a first-year student sample as well as by b) analyzing six biographic-episodic interviews conducted with adolescents and emerging adults of both media user types in focus. On the one hand, our results show the ways in which the two identified everyday music listening modes are grounded in highly-ritualized, embodied situated practices with audio media technologies which are felt to enrich otherwise rather ‘non-musical’ social activities. On the other hand, the results demonstrate the importance of gender and social milieu, early music listening experiences with audio media and the apparently body-related implications of certain music genres for explaining and understanding habitual audio media use in later adult life.  

Emerging Ideas. Health Technology Use and Perceptions of Romantic Relationships by Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy B. Yorgason ◽  
Jennifer Saylor ◽  
Michelle Ness ◽  
Mallory Millett ◽  
Anna Floreen
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Health Technology

scholarly journals Critical Thinking on Technology Use: Higher Education Course Design to Promote Personal, Professional and Societal Change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan K Walker ◽  
Rebecca Leaf Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Wide Range

Higher education is a venue for developing critical thinking skills, dispositions and actions (Davies, 2015). With the exponential growth of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the last thirty years, dynamic changes and societal impacts,  and evolving research findings, intentional use for personal and professional well-being depends on emerging adults’ critical thinking abilities. This paper describes the design of an undergraduate course and elements of critical thinking deployed through content, learning activities and assessments. Thematic analysis of student qualitative responses at the end of the course indicate specific areas of growth that represent gains in cognitive skills, dispositions and action orientations. These validate the selected methods of instruction and underscore the course design, content and pedagogical framework as applicable to a wide range of content areas and field domains in higher education.

Exploring Temporal Evaluations of Interpersonal Social Media Surveillance During the COVID-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682110460
Author(s):  
Jessie Shafer ◽  
Ross W. May ◽  
Frank D. Fincham
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The occurrence of the novel coronavirus necessitates a better understanding of how romantic partners use social technology to cope with health stressors. This exploratory study, therefore, examined whether COVID-related health concerns regarding oneself or one’s romantic partner before/during quarantine predict, or are predicted by, emerging adults’ engagement in social media surveillance of their romantic partner. Participants ( N = 181 emerging adults in a romantic relationship) responded to online surveys at two points during spring 2020. Findings from a cross-lagged analysis indicate that COVID-related health concerns for oneself before stay-at-home orders predicted emerging adult’s participation in social media surveillance of a romantic partner during COVID quarantine. This study serves as an initial inquiry into how health-related concerns impact technology use in romantic relationships and how they serve to modify digital participation during a global crisis (i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic). Limitations, future research directions, and implications of the study are discussed.

Aging and assistive technology use

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Technology Use

A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health in Emerging Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica S. Bachmann ◽  
Hansjörg Znoj ◽  
Katja Haemmerli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Consistency Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Health Model

Emerging adulthood is a time of instability. This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between mental health and need satisfaction among emerging adults over a period of five years and focused on gender-specific differences. Two possible causal models were examined: (1) the mental health model, which predicts that incongruence is due to the presence of impaired mental health at an earlier point in time; (2) the consistency model, which predicts that impaired mental health is due to a higher level of incongruence reported at an earlier point in time. Emerging adults (N = 1,017) aged 18–24 completed computer-assisted telephone interviews in 2003 (T1), 2005 (T2), and 2008 (T3). The results indicate that better mental health at T1 predicts a lower level of incongruence two years later (T2), when prior level of incongruence is controlled for. The same cross-lagged effect is shown for T3. However, the cross-lagged paths from incongruence to mental health are marginally associated when prior mental health is controlled for. No gender differences were found in the cross-lagged model. The results support the mental health model and show that incongruence does not have a long-lasting negative effect on mental health. The results highlight the importance of identifying emerging adults with poor mental health early to provide support regarding need satisfaction.

Contribution of Demographics, Sociological Factors, and Media Usage to Verbal Aggressiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Glascock
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Sociological Factors

Given the increasing relevance of verbal aggression in today’s society, the goal of this study was to assess the relative contributions of potential demographic and sociological factors. Emerging adults were surveyed, and the data were analyzed using correlations and hierarchical regression. While television viewing, video game playing, and music listening were positively correlated with verbal aggression, only (rap) music listening remained significant when demographic and other sociological influences were factored in. Overall, the hierarchical regression analysis found religiosity, parental and peer influence, quality of neighborhood, sex, and media usage (listening to rap music) to be significant contributors to verbal aggression among emerging adults. Male participants reported more verbally aggressive behavior than women, and African Americans reported more verbal aggression than White respondents. While media usage seems to play a significant, but relatively small role, other demographic and sociological factors such as gender, neighborhood, religion, peers, and parents appear to be major contributors in the development of verbal aggression among emerging adults.

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