Dependência digital e funcionamento e situação económica familiar
: estudo quantitativo com jovens adultos

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

This study is part of the research project entitled "Economic Hardship, parenting role and child behaviour problems", carried out at the Research Centre for Human Development (CEDH). The aim of this study was to analyze the relation between household economic status, overall family functioning and digital dependence in young adults aged between 18 and 25 years. An online survey was administered, which included a sociodemographic questionnaire, questions to assess economic status, the Family Assessment Device global family functioning scale, and the Internet Addiction Test. This survey was administered to 108 young adults from different areas of the country. In the data analysis, associations and differences between economic status, family functioning and digital addiction were tested. The data were analyzed using IBM's Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. No associations were found between digital dependence and overall family functioning. Likewise, no associations were found between economic status and digital dependence. However, it was possible to observe a positive association between female gender and healthy family functioning, and a positive association between perceived low socioeconomic status and overall problematic family functioning.
Date of Award10 Jul 2023
Original languagePortuguese
Awarding Institution
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
SupervisorLuísa Ribeiro (Supervisor) & Raquel Matos (Co-Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Economic status
  • Economic hardship
  • Global family functioning
  • Digital addiction

Designation

  • Mestrado em Psicologia

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