Exploring early adolescents’ stressful IT use experiences

Figures & data

Table 1. Age and education level of the participants.

n	Educational Stage	Grade	Age Range
20	primary school	4–6th	9–12 years
11	secondary school	7–9th	13–15 years

Table 2. Stressful experiences with IT categorised by the perceived degree of stress.

Online social (media) behaviour 64
Highly stressful	13
Moderately stressful	10
Mildly stressful	17
Potentially stressful	24
Notification-driven behaviour 56
Highly stressful	12
Moderately stressful	19
Mildly stressful	18
Potentially stressful	7
Social distancing and online education behaviour 28
Highly stressful	9
Moderately stressful	3
Mildly stressful	10
Potentially stressful	6
Gameplay and other aspects of IT use behaviour13
Highly stressful	3
Moderately stressful	1
Mildly stressful	9
Potentially stressful	0
Total references	161

Table 3. Factors affecting stressful IT use experiences.

Online social (media) behaviour 64
The pressure associated with reacting to messages and being present 27 Own reaction time and presence 22 Friends’ reaction time 5 A negative disposition toward specific content and communications 20 Received by others 10 Received by oneself 10 The pressure associated with content published by oneself 14 Doubts about information privacy 3
Notification-driven behaviour 56
Disturbance to other activities 34 The feeling of receiving too many notifications 19 Disturbance to family members 3
Social distancing and online education behaviour 28
The feeling of using too much IT 19 Difficulties with participating in online education 8 Disturbance to family members 1
Gameplay and other aspects of IT use behaviour 13
A mismatch between own skills and level required by the game 6 Missing a deleted game 2 Game feels annoying or addictive 1 Too many advertisements 2 Negative feelings associated with device use in general 2
Total references 161