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The Negative Effects of Digital Technology Usage on Children’s Development and Health

Dijital Teknoloji Kullanımının Çocukların Gelişimi ve Sağlığı Üzerine Olumsuz Etkileri

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In order for children and adolescents to adopt a healthy life style, it is important to monitor the time, frequency, and content viewed while using technological devices and to ensure that children have or develop adequate physical activity opportunities, healthy eating habits, proper sleep cycles, and a nurturing social environment.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Today, children and adolescents are growing up exposed to both traditional and modern technology.
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Key Findings & Data:While it is known that the increase in the use of traditional technology, such as television and its content, have negative effects on children’s development and health, studies have shown such modern technologies as smartphones, tablets, and computers that have been developed and become increasingly widespread over the past decade to be beneficial and to constitute health risks for children.
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Conclusion & Impact:In order for children and adolescents to adopt a healthy life style, it is important to monitor the time, frequency, and content viewed while using technological devices and to ensure that children have or develop adequate physical activity opportunities, healthy eating habits, proper sleep cycles, and a nurturing social environment.
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Abstract

Today, children and adolescents are growing up exposed to both traditional and modern technology. While it is known that the increase in the use of traditional technology, such as television and its content, have negative effects on children’s development and health, studies have shown such modern technologies as smartphones, tablets, and computers that have been developed and become increasingly widespread over the past decade to be beneficial and to constitute health risks for children. It seems that children’s inappropriate use of such technological devices in terms of content, duration, frequency, and the posture they adopt while using them pose a variety of health risks, including developmental problems, musculoskeletal problems, physical inactivity, obesity, and inadequate sleep quality. This study reviews the literature on the clinical problems that digital technology use has on children. In order for children and adolescents to adopt a healthy life style, it is important to monitor the time, frequency, and content viewed while using technological devices and to ensure that children have or develop adequate physical activity opportunities, healthy eating habits, proper sleep cycles, and a nurturing social environment.

Özet

Günümüzde çocuklar ve ergenler hem geleneksel hem de modern teknolojiyle iç içe büyümektedirler. Televizyon gibi geleneksel teknolojilerin kullanım süresindeki artışın ve izlenen içeriklerin, çocukların gelişimi ve sağlığı üzerinde olumsuz etkileri olduğu bilinmekle birlikte, son yıllarda daha da yaygınlaşan bilgisayar, tablet ve akıllı telefon gibi modern teknolojik cihazların kullanımının da çocuklar için hem yararlı olduğu hem de sağlık riskleri taşıdığı yapılan çalışmalarla kanıtlanmıştır. Çocukların teknolojik cihazları uygun olmayan süre, sıklık ve farklı duruş pozisyonlarında kullanmalarının gelişimsel problemler, kas-iskelet sistemi problemleri, fiziksel inaktivite, obezite ve uyku kalitesinde yetersizlik gibi sağlık riskleri doğurduğu görülmektedir. Bu çalışma, dijital teknoloji kullanımının çocuklar üzerinde oluşturduğu klinik sorunlarla ilgili literatürü gözden geçirmektedir. Çocuklarda ve ergenlerde sağlıklı yaşamı geliştirmek için teknolojik cihaz kullanımının süre, sıklık ve içeriklerinin gözetim altında olması, yeterli fiziksel aktivite, sağlıklı beslenme, iyi uyku hijyeni ve besleyici bir sosyal çevre sağlanması önemlidir.

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MUSTAFAOĞLU, R., ZİREK, E., YASACI, Z., ÖZDİNÇLER, A. R. (2018). The Negative Effects of Digital Technology Usage on Children’s Development and Health. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 2, 227–247. https://ajindex.com/articles/127514

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