"The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictions issues the annual Report on Digital Addictions in the Czech Republic, part of which is dedicated to children and adolescents. The report is included in the information package of annual reports on the situation of addiction in the Czech Republic.
The overuse of the Internet and digital technologies affects a relatively large proportion of the population and is the cause of a range of health disorders and adverse impacts on individuals and their surroundings.
Among 16-year-olds, a total of 21.9% played digital games on daily basis, significantly more often boys (36.9%) than girls (6.3%), according to the ESPAD 2019 study. 74.2% of students spend their free time on social networks on daily basis. A total of 12.9% of students (21.7% of boys and 3.8% of girls) fell into the category of at risk of gaming disorders according to a screening scale focusing on the subjective perception of problems related to social networking and digital gaming.
In the 2021/2022 academic year, 6% of school-based prevention programmes focused on topics of behavioural addictions, including the overuse of digital technologies.
More than 2,700 cases of risk behaviour related to digital addictions and/or gambling were handled in Czech schools in the 2021/2022 academic year, representing 4% of all recorded cases of risk behaviour. Most often, these cases were dealt with at the upper level of primary schools and at the lower grades of grammar schools.
(Source: Report)
Funded by:
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic (Úřad vlády České republiky), National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictions (Národní monitorovací středisko pro drogy a závislosti).
Methodology
The report is based on a combination of national epidemiological surveys, school-based studies (including HBSC), expert interviews, and administrative data. It uses representative samples of children, adolescents, and adults, with trend analysis comparing results year-on-year. The methodology includes self-report questionnaires on digital behaviour, risk assessment tools, and qualitative insights from addiction specialists and educators.
(Source: Report).
Country or region of researched population
Czech Republic
Citation
Chomynová, P., Dvořáková, Z., Černíková, T., Orlíková, B., Grohmannová, K., & Franková, E. (2023). Report on Digital Addictions in the Czech Republic 2023 (P. Chomynová, Ed.). Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. https://www.drogy-info.cz/en/publications/annual-reports/report-on-digital-addictions-in-the-czech-republic-2023/
"The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictions issues the annual Report on Digital Addictions in the Czech Republic, part of which is dedicated to children and adolescents. The report is included in the information package of annual reports on the situation of addiction in the Czech Republic.
The overuse of the Internet and digital technologies affects a relatively large proportion of the population and is the cause of a range of health disorders and adverse impacts on individuals and their surroundings.
Among 16-year-olds, a total of 21.9% played digital games on daily basis, significantly more often boys (36.9%) than girls (6.3%), according to the ESPAD 2019 study. 74.2% of students spend their free time on social networks on daily basis. A total of 12.9% of students (21.7% of boys and 3.8% of girls) fell into the category of at risk of gaming disorders according to a screening scale focusing on the subjective perception of problems related to social networking and digital gaming.
In the 2021/2022 academic year, 6% of school-based prevention programmes focused on topics of behavioural addictions, including the overuse of digital technologies.
More than 2,700 cases of risk behaviour related to digital addictions and/or gambling were handled in Czech schools in the 2021/2022 academic year, representing 4% of all recorded cases of risk behaviour. Most often, these cases were dealt with at the upper level of primary schools and at the lower grades of grammar schools.
(Source: Report)
Funded by:
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic (Úřad vlády České republiky), National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictions (Národní monitorovací středisko pro drogy a závislosti).
Methodology
The report is based on a combination of national epidemiological surveys, school-based studies (including HBSC), expert interviews, and administrative data. It uses representative samples of children, adolescents, and adults, with trend analysis comparing results year-on-year. The methodology includes self-report questionnaires on digital behaviour, risk assessment tools, and qualitative insights from addiction specialists and educators.
(Source: Report).
Country or region of researched population
Czech Republic
Citation
Chomynová, P., Dvořáková, Z., Černíková, T., Orlíková, B., Grohmannová, K., & Franková, E. (2023). Report on Digital Addictions in the Czech Republic 2023 (P. Chomynová, Ed.). Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. https://www.drogy-info.cz/en/publications/annual-reports/report-on-digital-addictions-in-the-czech-republic-2023/
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