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25-07-2017 | Original Paper

Electronic Communication Use and Socio-Emotional Well-Being among Military Youth

Auteurs: Melissa A. Landers-Potts, Catherine Walker O’Neal, Jay A. Mancini

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 12/2017

Abstract

The authors seek to investigate the relationship between electronic-communication (e-communication) use and social isolation for adolescents age 11–18 in the context of military family life, with a specific focus on relationship function provided by e-communication. Self-efficacy, developmental stage (early or middle/late adolescence), sex, and military contextual factors (parents’ military rank, number of school changes and parent deployment) on social benefits and social isolation were controls in the model. Data from a computer survey administered to adolescents (N = 1036) who had at least one active-duty military parent at five US Army installations in the US and Western Europe were analyzed using a path analysis model. Findings suggest that using e-communication to establish new relationships may be strategic for military youth, who experience many geographic relocations and school changes, in terms of creating social benefits (opportunity for nurturance). On the other hand, spending large amounts of time using e-communication may impede the establishment of nurturing relationships with others and ultimately may be linked to social isolation. Within the model, significant moderational effects related to self-efficacy, sex of the adolescent and parents’ military rank were found.

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Titel: Electronic Communication Use and Socio-Emotional Well-Being among Military Youth
Auteurs: Melissa A. Landers-Potts
Catherine Walker O’Neal
Jay A. Mancini
Publicatiedatum: 25-07-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 12/2017
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0833-2

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