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Child Addicts

Child Addicts

Child Development
Global Current Trends and Issue
Technology Addiction in Children

Rachel Hong

March 24, 2021
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  1. CONTENTS • Technology Addiction in Children • Technology Tools and

    Their Effect • Development and Health Risks of Digital Technology Usage • Recommendation • The Responsibility of Parents • Types of Parental Mediation • Conclusion
  2. Addiction • Definition - An inability to stop doing or

    using something. • After a period of time, the adverse effects become a health risk. • It may involve the use of • Substances like drugs, alcohol • Behaviors like gambling, overeating • The addictive substances and behaviors intensely activate brain for reward, reinforcement, and involve the neurotransmitter dopamine in ‘desire’ to repeat the addictive behavior in addiction. • Addiction is associated with technology use or screen time especially among children. (Yücelyİğİt & Aral, 2018)
  3. • Technology addiction • A non-chemical (behavioral), passive (e.g. TV)

    or active (e.g. computers) human-machine interaction that induces or reinforces the features of addictive tendencies. • There are more younger children between age 0-2 spending more hours per day online reading on the screens (Chaudron, 2015). • The media consumption between age 8-11 increased from 4.4 hours in 2005 to 11.1 hours in 2015 (OFCOM, 2015). • The excessive screen time and technology addiction have become part of children’s lives and influenced on their cognitive, emotional and social development (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018). • The potential impact of these health risks on our children’s future lives and the well-being of future societies could be dramatic. • Public awareness of this problem needs to be fostered in communities and on a worldwide scale (Dresp-Langley, 2020). Technology Addiction
  4. Technology Addiction • Children use screen for purposes like watching

    videos or movie, listening to music, playing online/offline games on computer or on game consoles and texting with friends or using mobile apps for social media (Yücelyİğİt & Aral, 2018). • These learning opportunities constitute a critical developmental point in children through the natural exploration and discovery of their own world (Blanchard & Moore, 2010). • Children’s brains are extremely flexible in this period. • A reasonable and well-balanced use of computers and digital media by children • May contribute positively to the development of academic, cognitive, and social skills • But such benefits are severely overshadowed by the tangible risks of an excessive exposure to digital environments (Dresp-Langley, 2020).
  5. • Television • Children less than two years of age

    have influence language development and behavioral disturbances. • Digital Toys • The increasingly restricted use of outdoor playgrounds may negatively affect the normal development of children. • For normal development, children need to spend their time with their peers. (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018) Technology Tools and Their Effect
  6. • Computer • An early age can negatively affect academic

    success due to the low concentration, lack of attention and disorganization, undeveloped language skills, creativity, and imagination. • Internet • Easy access to illegal, violent, and sexual content • Communication with dangerous people • Excessive dependence on games • Example: news about an online games, Momo, in 2018 (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018) Technology Tools and Their Effect
  7. • Video Games • Violent video games can lead to

    aggressive behavior and inhibit creative game play. • Violence in video games are linked with real life violence which lead to social isolation and lack of communication with children. • Smart Phones • Passive aggressive, unprotected, socially incompatibility and obsession. • Those children at school negatively affect both own and their classmates’ attention. (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018) Technology Tools and Their Effect
  8. • Lack of attention, aggressive behaviors, and sleep problems are

    seen in preschool and school age children. • Children use their time inefficiently. • Early childhood experiences delay in cognitive, language, and social/emotional (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018). • Children have to get up early for school and delayed bedtimes for online reading until late. • Delayed bedtimes causes poor performance in school, impaired learning, and psychological problems (Galland et al., 2015). • A negative impact on children’s cognitive development (Anderson & Subrahmanyam, 2017). Developmental/Behavioral Risks
  9. • At home and in school environments, there is an

    increase in musculoskeletal problems. • Psychological factors are monitoring anxiety and somatic complaints (headache and abdominal pain), and exposure to sedentary activities like having poor body posture. • For this reason, playing with toys should be encouraged to minimize such risks. • Conscious instruction manuals for tablets and other technological devices should be provided to parents and caregivers. (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018) Musculoskeletal System Problems
  10. • For healthy development of children, 3-4 hours of daily

    physical activity and social interaction are needed. • A study on children (age 4-11) concluded that increased age was associated with decreased physical activity (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018). • High screen time and insufficient physical activity have increased depressive, anxiety symptoms resulting in abdominal obesity, overweight and low high- density lipoprotein-cholesterol among children and adolescents. • Less screen time and more physical activity have lower risk of negative mental health symptoms among adolescents (Hrafnkelsdottir et al., 2018). Physical Inactivity
  11. • The number of overweight or obese infants (age 0-5)

    has increased to 41 million in 2016 (World Health Organization, 2019). • To prevent the number getting increased, children follow the right diet will not be enough without physical activity. • Children take fewer fruits and vegetables and more energy snacks, soft drinks, or fast food will receive more energy from fats and have a higher total energy intake (Braithwaite et al., 2013). • Children consume a large proportion of their daily calories and meals during screen time (Smith, Buijs, Van Woudenberg, Bevelander, & Buijzen, 2020). Obesity
  12. • The physical health effects are listed as • Poor

    sleep cycle, risk factors for cardiovascular diseases like high blood pressure, obesity, low HDL cholesterol, poor stress regulation, insulin resistance, impaired vision and reduced bone density. • Screen time sedentary behavior • Increases the risk of obesity, HDL dysfunction, and high blood pressure which are major risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity. • The psychological effects are listed as • Depressive symptoms, suicidal, ADHD-related behaviors, violent and fast-paced content risk for antisocial behavior and decreased prosocial behavior. (Lissak, 2018) Consequence of Health Effects
  13. • Some risks related to children’s social relations are cyber-bullying,

    exposure to inappropriate adult content (e.g. pornography, tobacco or alcohol trade), improper social relations and online solicitation. • There is a significant positive correlation between cyber-bullying and internet addiction among adolescents (Cinar, Beyazıt, Yurdakul & Bütün-Ayhan, 2017). • Children with parental monitoring help to weaken the cyber victim- bully relationship (Hood & Duffy (2017). • ‘Facebook’, the most preferable social sharing website, is a platform where the cyber-bullying mostly takes place (Özdemir & Akar, 2011). Cyber-Bullying
  14. • Maladapted and excessive use of the internet results in

    a new syndrome, Internet Addiction (IA) or Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). • Ivan Goldberg, a New York–based psychiatrist, first described it in 1995 (Goldberg, 1996). • IAD is a disabling condition, which has a severe impact on young people’s brain function (Dresp-Langley, 2020). • It is a subtype of internet gaming disorder (IGD), which is video game addiction, included in Section 3 of the DSM 5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). • Sometimes called pathologic/problematic internet use (PIU) in terms of an impulse control disorder characterized by uncontrolled internet use. Internet Addictive Disorder (IAD)
  15. • In 2013, almost 57% of children (age 3-17) used

    the internet at home (Ferrara et al., 2018). • Heavy internet use has potential side effects like loss of control over the use of the internet, adverse effects on other daily activities, emotional status, and communication among family members (Kawabe et al., 2016). • Molecular and functional imaging are used to investigate the neurobiological mechanisms of internet addiction (IA) (Hou et al., 2012). • MRI studies reveal structural changes in the frontal cortex is due to functional abnormalities. • Nuclear Medicine findings show that IA causes dysfunction of the brain dopaminergic system, indicating that de-regulation of the prefrontal cortex may underlie reward specific uncontrolled behavior in the internet overuse. Internet Addictive Disorder (IAD)
  16. • Young children spend their time indoors with their eyes

    glued to the screen are an “abnormal visual experience” • Which prevent them from exercising their far vision capacities under well- balanced natural viewing conditions • Lifestyles that place emphasis on sports and outdoor living and where childrens grow up in Canada, Australia or New Zealand have the lowest occurrence of myopia. • When childrens are spending time outdoors, they are actively using and training their long distance vision by focusing on objects further away in their visual field. • There is a high degree of visual plasticity with sensitive periods (Fuhrmann, Knoll, & Blakemore, 2015) of visual functional maturation for the development of form and motion sensitive visual capabilities (Atkinson & Braddick, 2013) in very young children (age 0-2) (Kiorpes, 2016). Myopia and Early Blindness
  17. • Physiological systems are controlled by circadian rhythms, which influence

    our sleep– wake behavior, hormone secretion, cellular functions, and gene expression. • Circadian disruption by blue light source exposure (Rich & Longcore, 2006) disturbs these processes causing alertness and develop cancer, metabolic dysfunction and mood disorders (Wood, Rea, Plitnick, & Figueiro, 2013). • Light is the major entraining cue used by the body to discriminate day and night. • When light exposure is not timed properly, biological and behavioral rhythms are desynchronized, which has severe consequences for our health. • Excessive daytime sleepiness can lead to obesity, anxiety, and sleep disorders in young children (Falbe et al., 2015; Buxton et al., 2015). Exposure to the Wrong Kind of Light at the Wrong Time
  18. • Daylight exposure increases retinal dopamine in the visual system,

    slows down the progression of myopia (Spillmann, 2020) and prevent of early vision loss in children (Yan, Yu, Jiang, & Zhu, 2018). • Since vitamin D and melatonin are functionally related, insufficiency in both engenders health risks like obesity (Trinko et al., 2016), poor sleep (Gong, 2018), depression (Anjum et al., 2018), and addictive behaviours (Gao et al., 2018) apart from physiological issues like poor bone growth and muscle function (Weydert, 2014). • The neurohormonal effects of vitamin D and melatonin deficiency on brain development and behavior, linked to cognitive impairment and mental health disorders. Consequences of Vitamin D and Melatonin Deficiency
  19. • Obesity rates in children with low levels of circulating

    vitamin D3 has a high adiposity index (Aguirre Castaneda, Nader, Weaver, Singh, & Kumar, 2012). • Healthy sleep is linked with vitamin D regulation of tryptophan hydroxylase (TRPH) expression—the rate-limiting enzyme in serotonin and melatonin production in the brain. • A subgroup of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells mediates the light- dark cycles to regulate melatonin secretion (Chang et al., 2018). • Without sufficient serotonin production, melatonin will not increase to signal the body to go to sleep at night (Patrick & Ames, 2015). Consequences of Vitamin D and Melatonin Deficiency
  20. • Dopamine is critical for understanding and treating the multitude

    of psychiatric disorders, including digital addiction that originate from perturbations of the dopamine system (Ferris et al., 2014). • Dysfunction of the dopamine system can cause a variety of nervous system diseases. • Patients with IGD has a significant decrease in dopamine in the striatum which decrease serotonin (Ariatama, Effendy, & Amin, 2019). • Excessive online by children will have a negative effect on dopamine-dependent behaviors (Liu & Luo, 2015). • Dopamine transmitter pathway deregulation is a consequence of oxidative stress in the body (Juárez Olguín, Calderón Guzmán, Hernández García, & Barragán Mejía, 2016). Early Deregulation of Neurotransmitter Pathways in the Developing Brain
  21. • Functional MRI studies showing that IGD adolescents and adults

    • Have reduced gray matter volume in regions • Associated with attention motor coordination executive function • Lower white matter measures in regions • Controlling for both serotonin and dopamine dependent decision- making, behavioral inhibition and emotional regulation • Leading to increased risk-taking and diminished impulse control ability • Which is common in all forms of addiction (Weinstein, 2017) Early Deregulation of Neurotransmitter Pathways in the Developing Brain
  22. • The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends • For

    children ages 2 to 5 years • To limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programs • To place consistent limits on the time spent • For 6 years and older • To make sure that the media does not affect adequate sleep, physical activity and other behaviors essential to health (AAP, 2016) Recommendation
  23. • To ensure that children are able to implement and

    benefit • From the principles of balanced nutrition, quality sleep, adequate physical activity and positive social interaction • For healthy growth and development • By making plans based on their age, health status, character, and level of development. The Responsibility of Parents • Be aware of their duties and responsibilities in modeling appropriate technology use while also striking a balance between technology usage and other activities. • Be aware that their technological device use may also have negative effects on their children. (Mustafaoğlu, Zirek, Yasacı, & Razak Özdinçler, 2018)
  24. • According to the Media Policy Brief 17, restrictive and

    enabling parents reduce the potential negative effects of screen media on children by restricting the time spent on screen media. • However, heavily restriction reduces the chances for learning and engagement (Blum-Ross & Livingstone, 2016). • Most adults agreed to limit screen time of the children no more than 2 hours on school days (Schoeppe et al., 2016). • Mothers impose higher screen time restrictions than fathers. • Most parents reported a positive perception on their children’s academic success, but having the negative effect on family relations (Odabaşı, 2005). Types of Parental Mediation
  25. • Children need guidance at the very early ages of

    their first interactions with digital devices, rewarding habits will then start forming and become permanent. • Setting the limits, being a role model, keeping the potentially addictive devices out of the bedrooms are necessary actions to avoid misuse of technological devices. • Raising children’s awareness by talking to them, encouraging them to use productively and guiding them at home and at school is more essential to attain tactile consequences. • Health service personnel, like pediatricians, psychologists and child development specialists, play a role of a bridge to show the latest study results to the public by working in coordination with both families and schools. (Yücelyİğİt & Aral, 2018) Conclusion
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