Problematic Social Media Use
Conditions
Keywords
problematic social media use
Brief summary
During the first lockdown related to the COVID-19 crisis, more than 12 million students in France were affected by school closures. Previous studies have shown that when children and adolescents are not in school, they are less physically active, spend more time in front of screens, and have disrupted sleep patterns. Parents are often the first to notice problems with their children's misuse of social media, and children tend to underestimate how often and how long they use social media. Therefore, given the increase in social media use and the limitations of self-assessment scales, it seems necessary to supplement the identification of problematic social media use in children with parental hetero-assessments. The main objective of the research is to translate, culturally adapt into French, and validate the parent version of the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS-P). The secondary objectives are 1) to determine the degree and meaning of discrepancies in the scores for problematic social media use obtained by the parent-child pair, and 2) to study the socio-demographic, clinical, and environmental factors associated with problematic social media use (according to the SMDS score) among preteens and teens. The population of interest consists of parent/children pairs aged 10 to 17. This population is recruited from consultants in the pediatrics and child psychiatry departments of the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles. This is a cross-sectional observational epidemiological study.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Versailles Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
of Child/Adolescent Sample * Patients aged 10 to 17 receiving child pediatric or psychiatric care at the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles * Patient's agreement to participate in research * Agreement of parental authority to participate
Exclusion criteria
of Child/Adolescent Sample * Patient unable to give consent to participate in research * Refusal of parental authority to allow child's participation in research * Difficulty in oral/written comprehension on the part of the child Inclusion Criteria of Parent Sample * Parents of children aged 10 to 17 receiving child pediatric or psychiatric care at the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles * Parent's agreement to participate in research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychometric properties of the French parent version of the Social Media Disorder Scale | 1 month for the translation and French adaptation of the SMDS-P 2 months to study the psychometric properties of the scale once data collection is complete | Combination of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Degree and direction of discrepancies in scores for problematic social media use obtained by parent-child pairs. | 2 months to do the statistical analysis once data collection is complete |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed