A Six‐Year Longitudinal Study of Texting Trajectories During Adolescence. Issue 1 (7th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coyne, Sarah M.; Padilla‐Walker, Laura M.; Holmgren, Hailey G.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 89:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 58
• Page End: 65
• Publication Date: 2017-05-07
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12823
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : This study examined growth trajectories of texting (and other media) over a 6‐year time period. Participants were 425 adolescents from Washington, USA (age 13 at Time 1, age 18 at Time 6; 48% male, 68% European American). Analyses suggested a curvilinear pattern for texting and social media use, with rates peaking during midadolescence. There was also considerable heterogeneity in trajectories of texting. A growth mixture model revealed four distinct classes of individuals: perpetuals (14%), decreasers (7%), moderates (68%), and increasers (11%). Higher levels of depression, being a male, and coming from a single‐parent family predicted being a "perpetual" texter. Perpetuals had the most problematic outcomes compared to other classes, including higher depression, anxiety, aggression, and poor relationships with fathers. Abstract : The title for this Special Section isContemporary Mobile Technology and Child and Adolescent Development, edited by Zheng Yan and Lennart Hardell