Authors
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Zuzana Rojková
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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Kristína Mydlová
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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Keywords:
adolescence, digital media, drug behaviour, electronic media, leisure activities
Abstract
The study deals with the issue of the influence of mass media on the behaviour of youth. Specifically, it is about the extent of leisure time spent using electronic media in relation to drug behaviour (alcohol consumption, cigarettes, marijuana, illicit drug use). It is an exploratory, correlational, non-experimental research. The sample consisted of 2,133 elementary and secondary school pupils (39.6% of them were boys and 60.4% girls). The data was obtained through the SAHA questionnaire (i.e. The International Social and Health Assessment, originally proposed by Weissberg et al. in 1991). Relations were examined in two age groups – “14” (≤ 15 years, n = 743) and “16” (≥ 16 years, n = 1,390). The results show a weak, but statistically significant correlation between time spent with electronic media, especially on the Internet and all forms of drug behaviour except illegal drug use, to a larger extent in the older age group.
Author Biographies
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Zuzana Rojková, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Zuzana Rojková holds a PhD. in Pedagogical Counselling and School Psychology obtained at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. Since 2012, she has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology (Faculty of Arts, UCM in Trnava). Her pedagogical profile includes methodological and statistical courses. As a scholar, she is interested in the fields of drug behaviour research (especially in relation to adolescents), music psychology, and the exploration of media influence. She is the author or co-author of two scientific monographs on the concept of situation-motivational alcohol behaviour factors and methodology for their measurement.
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Kristína Mydlová, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Kristína Mydlová is a postgraduate student (PhD.) at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, UCM
in Trnava, in the study programme General and Experimental Psychology. She has a Master’s degree in
General Psychology. Her research interests include binge drinking and its effects on risky sexual behaviour of adolescents. She is currently working on the topic of risk behaviour of adolescents, creating a typology of adolescent risk behaviour within the international project SAHA (The Social and Health Assessment). She works as a volunteer in a non-profit organisation helping adolescents with risky behaviour, as well as depressed and autistic clients.
How to Cite
Rojková, Z., & Mydlová, K. (2025). Extent of Spending Leisure Time through the Electronic Media and Drug Behaviour of Youth.
Communication Today,
10(2), 132-144.
https://doi.org/10.0000/rn1yx422
