ABSTRACT

Nowadays, adolescents grow up in environments where many aspects of their lives are mediated by digital technologies. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of psychological, cultural and socio-structural factors in the level of digital immersion in adolescents from southern Chile. A non-probabilistic sample of 469 adolescents was collected from schools with different socioeconomic backgrounds. A multigroup analysis was performed using structural equations modelling. The results indicate that family income moderate digital immersion model. Furthermore, for low-income and middle-to-high-income students, the attitude towards the use of digital technologies was the most important factor to predict digital immersion, followed by motivation. However, the results indicate differences between groups by family income in the following model’s path: from navigation skills to social skills; motivation to satisfaction; self-transcendence value to social skills; and attitude towards the use of technology to motivation. This study provided an opportunity to move forward in the understanding of the relationship between Chilean adolescents and their technology use. These results indicate the existence of deep cultural changes in Chilean adolescents’ life, which are strongly marked by the profuse use of digital technologies.

IMPACT SUMMARY

a. Prior State of Knowledge:

The use of digital technologies has been studied in different contexts, considering diverse population, but adolescents’ immersion in digital technologies has not been addressed in the Chilean context. This lack of knowledge might affect a deeper understanding of technology use.

b. Novel Contributions:

The current study addresses and proposes a new definition of adolescents’ digital immersion taking into consideration psychological, cultural and socio-structural factors, allowing a more integrated, and empirically based, approach to the phenomenon.

c. Practical Implications:

As the use of digital technologies occurs in a complex ecosystem, the findings reached in this study represent relevant data for policy makers, in order to define and promote digital immersion in Chilean adolescents, and other similar contexts.

摘要

如今，青少年在生活的许多方面都以数字技术为媒介的环境中成长。本研究的目的是检查心理、文化和社会结构因素对智利南部青少年数字沉浸水平的影响。从具有不同社会经济背景的学校收集了 469 名青少年的非概率样本。使用结构方程建模进行多组分析。结果表明家庭收入适中的数字沉浸模型。此外，对于低收入和中高收入学生来说，对使用数字技术的态度是预测数字沉浸感的最重要因素，其次是动机。然而，结果表明，家庭收入在以下模型路径上的群体之间存在差异：从导航技能到社交技能；满足的动机；对社交技能的自我超越价值；以及对使用技术来激励的态度。这项研究为进一步了解智利青少年与其技术使用之间的关系提供了机会。这些结果表明智利青少年的生活中存在着深刻的文化变化，这些变化以大量使用数字技术为标志。这项研究为进一步了解智利青少年与其技术使用之间的关系提供了机会。这些结果表明智利青少年的生活中存在着深刻的文化变化，这些变化以大量使用数字技术为标志。这项研究为进一步了解智利青少年与其技术使用之间的关系提供了机会。这些结果表明智利青少年的生活中存在着深刻的文化变化，这些变化以大量使用数字技术为标志。

影响总结

一种。先前的知识状态：

考虑到不同的人口，已经在不同的背景下研究了数字技术的使用，但在智利的背景下尚未解决青少年对数字技术的沉浸问题。这种缺乏知识可能会影响对技术使用的更深入理解。

湾。小说贡献：

目前的研究解决并提出了青少年数字沉浸的新定义，同时考虑了心理、文化和社会结构因素，从而允许对这一现象采取更加综合和基于经验的方法。

C。实际影响：

由于数字技术的使用发生在一个复杂的生态系统中，本研究得出的结果代表了决策者的相关数据，以定义和促进智利青少年和其他类似环境的数字沉浸。