Gender differences in the manifestation of risky forms of adolescents' behavior on the internet
Gender differences in the manifestation of risky forms of adolescents' behavior on the internet

Summary/Abstract: We live in a time of highly developed technologies. The Internet has become an integral part of the lives of children and adolescents. It offers us a number of high-quality and practical content, but also the content that can have an adverse impact on the development of children and adolescents and threaten their emotional, social and physical well-being. The objective of this study is to investigate gender differences in the manifestation of risky forms of students' (adolescents') behavior on the Internet during their free time. The research was conducted during the school year 2014/2015 in 18 high schools in the Republic of Croatia on a sample of 2,395 participants. The research results suggest that adolescents most often visit websites for downloading movies, music and programs without paying a fee, while the least time is spent publishing stories and pictures about other people that could harm their reputation. For all variables, it has been statistically proven that there are statistically significant gender differences in the manifestation of risky forms of behavior on the Internet. Statistically significant differences were also found in the amount of free time that students spend online.

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