Odnos socijalne i emocionalne usamljenosti i upotrebe modernih tehnologija kod mladih

master's thesis

• Title (english): Relationship between social and emotional loneliness and the use of modern technologies
• Author: Talija Tatalović
• Mentor: Jelena Maričić (mentor)
• Committee member: Lovorka Brajković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jelena Flego (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jelena Maričić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-02-28, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos socijalne i emocionalne usamljenosti i upotrebe modernih tehnologija na uzorku mladih u ranoj odrasloj dobi. Nastojalo se opisati i navike korištenja interneta kod mladih te je ispitivana razlika u usamljenosti i privrženosti mobilnom telefonu s obzirom na spol i dob sudionika. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 211 sudionika, koji su ispunjavali Skalu socijalne i emocionalne usamljenosti (SELSA; DiTomasso i Spinner, 1993), Skalu privrženosti mobilnom telefonu (MAS; Konok i sur., 2016) te su davali odgovore na čestice o navikama korištenja interneta. Podaci su prikupljeni online putem. Poveznica za rješavanje upitnika (Google Forms) podijeljena je na društvenim mrežama i poslana na privatne adrese poznanika u dobi od 18 do 25 godina, pri čemu se vlasnike adresa zamolilo da proslijede upitnik poznanicima iste dobi. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da postoje statistički značajne, pozitivne korelacije između ukupne razine usamljenosti i ukupnog vremena provedenog na internetu, kao i različitih internetskih aktivnosti, no te korelacije su relativno niske. Nalazi istraživanja upućuju na to da je povezanost između usamljenosti i privrženosti mobilnom telefonu iznimno niska i neznačajna. Također je utvrđeno da su djevojke značajno privrženije mobilnom telefonu od mladića te da ne postoji razlika u razini privrženosti mobilnom telefonu s obzirom na dob sudionika. Utvrđene su značajne razlike u razini usamljenosti s obzirom na spol sudionika, na način da su mladići značajno usamljeniji u ljubavi te da su socijalno usamljeniji od djevojaka. Također se pokazalo se da su sudionici u dobi od 23 do 25 godina značajno manje usamljeni u ljubavi od mlađih sudionika istraživanja, dok u preostalim tipovima usamljenosti nije pronađena razlika s obzirom na dob. S obzirom da istraživanja drugih autora ukazuju na to da je posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća došlo do povećanja razne usamljenosti kod mladih, rezultati ovog istraživanja mogu dati jasniju sliku o usamljenosti u toj dobnoj skupini i o njezinom odnosu s korištenjem novih tehnologija.

Abstract (english)

This study aimed to examine the relationship between social and emotional loneliness and the use of modern technologies in a sample of young people in emerging adulthood. The second aim was to describe the Internet habits of young people, and the difference in loneliness and attachment to the mobile phone was investigated regarding the gender and age of the participants. There were 211 participants in this study, who completed the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale (SELSA; DiTomasso and Spinner, 1993), The Mobile Phone Attachment Scale (MAS; Konok et al., 2016), and answered questions about their internet use. An online survey was used to collect data. The invitation to participate was distributed via social media platforms and personally with a request to forward it to other colleagues who belong to the same age group (age 18 to 25). Results show that there are statistically significant, positive correlations between the total level of loneliness and the total time spent on the Internet, as well as various Internet activities, but these correlations are relatively low. Research findings suggest that the association between loneliness and attachment to a mobile phone is extremely low and insignificant. It was also determined that young women are significantly more attached to mobile phones than young men and that there is no difference in the level of attachment to mobile phones regarding the age of the participants. Significant differences were found in the level of loneliness regarding the gender of the participants, in such a way that young men are significantly lonelier in love and socially lonelier than young women. It was also shown that participants aged 23–25 are significantly less lonely in love than younger research participants, while no age-related differences were found in the remaining types of loneliness. Given that research by other authors indicates that in the last few decades there has been an increase in various forms of loneliness among young people, the results of this research can give a clearer picture of loneliness in that age group and its relationship with the use of new technologies.

• Keywords: Ključne riječi: socijalna usamljenost; emocionalna usamljenost; korištenje novih tehnologija; rana odrasla dob
• Keywords (english): social loneliness; emotional loneliness; use of new technologies; emerging adulthood
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:578682
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-03-01 15:00:27