Abstract
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the
WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and international levels to gain new insights into adolescent health and
well-being, understand the social determinants of health and inform policy and practice to improve young people’s lives. The 2021/2022 HBSC
survey data are accompanied by a series of volumes that summarize the key findings around specific health topics. This report, Volume 6 in the
series, focuses on adolescent social media use and gaming, using the unique HBSC evidence on adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years across 44
countries and regions in Europe, central Asia and Canada. It describes the status of adolescent social media use and gaming, the role of gender,
age and social inequality, and changes in adolescent social media use and gaming since 2018. Findings from the 2021/2022 HBSC survey provide
an important evidence benchmark for current research, intervention and policy-planning.
WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and international levels to gain new insights into adolescent health and
well-being, understand the social determinants of health and inform policy and practice to improve young people’s lives. The 2021/2022 HBSC
survey data are accompanied by a series of volumes that summarize the key findings around specific health topics. This report, Volume 6 in the
series, focuses on adolescent social media use and gaming, using the unique HBSC evidence on adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years across 44
countries and regions in Europe, central Asia and Canada. It describes the status of adolescent social media use and gaming, the role of gender,
age and social inequality, and changes in adolescent social media use and gaming since 2018. Findings from the 2021/2022 HBSC survey provide
an important evidence benchmark for current research, intervention and policy-planning.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | Copenhagen |
| Publisher | World Health Organization |
| Number of pages | 41 |
| Volume | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-92-890-6132-2 (PDF) |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords*
- Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC)
- Health behavior
- Socioeconomic factors
- Adolescent health
- Social media
- internet gaming disorder
Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 2.4. Other books (including school textbooks, popular science literature, fiction, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)
