Given that video conferencing serves as a crucial means for remote teaching, the current study investigated higher education students’ (non)use of webcams and engagement in synchronous online courses. Three phases were studied: (1) A state of engagement; (2) antecedents that influence it; and (3) consequences of engagement. The cross-sectional online survey encompassed 3,610 students. Results indicated that visual and verbal engagement were only slightly related to each other. Structural equation modelling revealed different direct and indirect influences on either visual or verbal engagement in synchronous online higher education courses. Due to the novelty of the research scope, results of this study provide a foundation for further investigation.

Adolescents frequently show risky behavior, and these problematic behavior patterns often do not occur in isolation, but together. Problematic alcohol use is widespread among youth, as is problematic use of the Internet and of specific online applications (video games or social media). However, there is still a lack of findings for minors regarding the relations between these behavioral patterns (particularly between problematic alcohol use and problematic gaming or problematic social media use). Standardized instruments were used to survey problematic alcohol use, problematic gaming, problematic social media use, problematic Internet use and mental health among 633 adolescents (mean age: 15.79 years). Bivariate correlation and multivariable linear regression analyses were conducted. The correlation analyses showed statistically significant positive bivariate relationships between all four behavioral patterns each. Antisocial behavior was related to all problematic behavioral patterns. Whereas, emotional distress, self-esteem problems and hyperactivity/inattention were associated with substance-unrelated problematic behavior patterns only. Anger control problems were related to problematic alcohol use and problematic gaming. In adolescence, the findings revealed small effect sizes between substance-related and substance-unrelated problematic behavior patterns, but moderate to large effect sizes within substance-unrelated behavioral patterns. Similarities and differences were found in the relations between the behavioral patterns and mental health.

In der medienpädagogischen Theoriebildung nimmt das selbstbestimmt und verantwortlich handelnde Subjekt eine zentrale Position ein. Der Beitrag greift die These auf, dass diese Subjektkonzeption einer reflexiven Selbstvergewisserung bedarf und diskutiert unterschiedliche theoretische Zugriffe auf das Verhältnis von Medien und Subjekt mit Blick auf Blick-Verengungen und -Erweiterungen medienpädagogischer Theoriebildung und Forschung.

Zusammenfassung Im Rahmen eines umfassenden Mediatisierungsprozesses wird auch der Alltag von Familien mit Adoleszenten zunehmend von digitalen Medien geprägt. In dieser Studie wurde untersucht, welche Zusammenhänge sich zwischen einem problematischen Internetgebrauch im Jugendalter (als einer möglichen Folge der Mediatisierungsprozesse) und elterlicher Medienerziehung zeigen. Dazu wurden bundesweit insgesamt 1.095 Familien-Dyaden (jeweils ein Jugendlicher und ein Elternteil) mit einem standardisierten Fragebogen zu verschiedenen Aspekten elterlicher Medienerziehung und problematischem Internetgebrauch der Jugendlichen befragt. Die statistische Auswertung erfolgte mittels zweier multipler linearer Regressionen mit der dimensionalen Ausprägung von problematischem Internetgebrauch nach Einschätzung der Jugendlichen (Modell 1, Korrigiertes R2 = 0.18) und der Eltern (Modell 2, Korrigiertes R2 = 0.24) als abhängigen Variablen. Problematischer Internetgebrauch im Jugendalter war sowohl nach Einschätzung der Jug... Summary Interrelations Between Adolescent Problematic Internet Use and Parental Internet Mediation Everyday life of adolescents and their parents is increasingly characterized by digital media usage (also referred to as “process of mediatization”). In the current study, associations between problematic Internet use of the adolescents (as a possible consequence of the process of mediatization) and parental media education were explored. For this purpose, throughout Germany 1,095 family dyads (an adolescent and a related parent) were investigated with a standardized questionnaire measuring different aspects of parental media education and adolescent problematic Internet use. We conducted two multiple linear regression analyses (dimensional approach) with adolescent problematic Internet use based on self-ratings (model 1, corrected R2 = 0.18) and parental assessment (model 2, corrected R2 = 0.24) as response variables. Consistently for self- and parental ratings, adolescent problematic Internet use was stati...

(1) Background: Teaching in today’s schools asks teachers to foster self-regulated learning and digital competences in children and young people. In order to do so, teachers first need to acquire and use these competences themselves. (2) Methods: Based on a mixed-methods approach, the study investigates self-regulated learning in online courses of N = 129 preservice teachers at a German university. (3) Results and conclusions: Perceiving their digital readiness as generally high, preservice teachers appear to not overly self-regulate their learning in the online environment. Finally, preservice teachers’ digital readiness was related only weakly to their online self-regulated learning. A discussion is offered which shows teacher education as a broader phenomenon and implies the need for professional development for teacher educators. Additionally, it is argued to link research on self-regulated learning more closely to research on online learning environments in teacher education.

Relatively common behavioral patterns in adolescence are problematic use of video games (PG), social media (PSMU) or alcohol (PAU). According to theoretical models, personality traits are relevant for Internet-related problematic behaviors. In the present study, associations of the Big Five personality domains and their 15 facets with PG, PSMU and PAU were compared for the first time. Therefore, 492 adolescents (mean age: 16.83 years) were examined with the established Big Five Inventory-2 as well as other standardized questionnaires on PG, PSMU and PAU. For statistical evaluation, correlation analyses were used as bivariate procedures and multiple regression analyses as multivariable procedures. At the personality domain level, consistently in bivariate and multivariate analyses, statistically significant associations between higher Negative Emotionality (Neuroticism) and PG, PSMU and PAU as well as between lower Open-Mindedness and PG and PAU were observed. At the level of facets, higher Anxiety (facet of Negative Emotionality) was related to PG and PSMU as well as lower Aesthetic Sensitivity (facet of Open-Mindedness) and lower Productiveness (facet of Conscientiousness) to PG. Considering the overlap of 95% confidence intervals, very comparable patterns of associations between PG, PSMU and PAU and the Big Five and their facets were observed in adolescence (indicating similarities in etiology).