Communication Disorders That Tablet Usage Causes in Children in the Age Group 9 to 12 Years: An Examination in the Families With Children Using Tablets

Information

The study aims to determine the tablet usage rates of the sample consisting of children of the parents who live and work in Istanbul, Turkey which is included due to being a metropolis. The study also aims to determine communication disorders from negative behaviors that develop in children due to tablet usage. Within the scope of the study, surveys were conducted and focus group application was performed with the families that live in Istanbul, Turkey. The families with which surveys had been conducted were aggregated afterwards and the study was supported by another deep research. Random families were chosen from three big regions of Istanbul as the sample. Totally, 10 families were reached. The common features of the families are the facts that they have children in the age group 9 to 12 years and both parents work. The families belong to middle and high-income group. Firstly, survey method was utilized as a research method in order to determine the demographic characteristics of the families and to reach the digital data source. Within the scope of the survey application, questions were asked by using Likert Scale that aim to determine whether there is a connection between digitalization of the families and their communication disorders and to determine how much time they allocate to their children. Later on, a focus group study was performed in order to determine the reliability of the questions in the survey and the strength of the answers, two groups were formed including five families each, and a platform was created by asking the families questions that correspond to the survey questions. The types of answers that the families would give while they were in interaction with each other were tried to be determined. After the research part was completed, the survey application and focus group results were compared and the result was achieved. Finally, opinions and suggestions were included.

Background

If no response is allocated to a child’s heart or memory, that child cannot develop. The child who does not have this sense of responsibility starts to add new areas of responsibility to his/her life. The most frequently seen type of this case is the one in which the child makes room for himself/herself in the virtual world where he/she can comfortably express himself/herself. The child is an existence that creates his/her own feelings and thoughts. As the family forces the child not to do what the family does not want the child to do, the child will continue to do that more. These moves are more actively seen in especially 9 to 12 years period when the child tries to form his/her personality and self as an independent individual.