Italian Journal of Health Education, Sports and Inclusive Didactics
Beyond the Shadows of the Digital Cave: Educational Care and Self-Regulation in the Hyper-Connected Adolescent
Abstract
Questo studio indaga le relazioni tra binge-watching (BW), funzioni esecutive (EF) e mindfulness disposizionale in un campione di 212 adolescenti della provincia di Taranto (di età compresa tra 14 e 20 anni), sulla base di uno studio osservazionale-correlazionale che ha utilizzato il WTSMQ, il BWESQ, il TEXI e il FFMQ. I risultati mostrano correlazioni robuste e significative tra difficoltà esecutive e coinvolgimento problematico nel BW (TEXI totale–BWESQ totale: r = .708, p < .001), nonché un modello di mediazione in cui la mindfulness è associata a minori difficoltà esecutive (b = −0.3173, p < .001), che a loro volta sono associate a livelli più elevati di BW problematico (b = 1.5335, p < .001), con un effetto indiretto significativo e nessun effetto diretto significativo. Un'analisi di robustezza che utilizza la sottoscala "Agire con consapevolezza" (α = 0,859) replica questo schema di mediazione. Questo articolo reinterpreta questi dati all'interno di un quadro pedagogico integrato, proponendo la cura educativa – nelle sue dimensioni relazionali, istituzionali e politiche – come risposta strutturale alla disregolazione dei media tra gli adolescenti.
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