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The Psychological Effects of Excessive Mobile App Usage: Reshaping Childhood
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: Received: 6 July 2023 / Approved: 7 July 2023 / Online: 10 July 2023 (03:38:47 CEST)
How to cite: Patil, A. The Psychological Effects of Excessive Mobile App Usage: Reshaping Childhood. Preprints 2023, 2023070512. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0512.v1 Patil, A. The Psychological Effects of Excessive Mobile App Usage: Reshaping Childhood. Preprints 2023, 2023070512. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0512.v1
Abstract
Concerns have been made about how children's health and psychology could be hurt by the growing number of mobile apps they use. This abstract looks at intervention methods and best practices for getting kids to use mobile apps in a healthy way, find a balance with technology, and build up their resilience. Key points include promoting digital literacy and critical thinking, setting clear boundaries and rules, encouraging digital balance, modeling healthy tech habits, building resilience and coping skills, encouraging face-to-face communication, setting up tech-free times and spaces, monitoring app usage and content, promoting mindfulness and self-reflection, and getting professional help when needed. By using these tactics, parents, teachers, and other caretakers can help kids build a healthy relationship with technology, live a balanced life, and build the resilience they need to handle the challenges of the digital world. The goal of these interventions is to make sure that kids' app use is good for their general health, helps them learn and get along with others, and sets them up for long-term success in the digital age.
Keywords
children's health; mobile apps; balanced life; digital world
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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