Digital Media in the Everyday Life of Children and Adolescents
Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Wendt, R., & Honecker, J. (2023). Conditionally helpful? The influence of person-, situation-, and device-specific factors on maternal smartphone use for stress coping and on coping effectiveness. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 17(3), Article 1. https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cp2023-3-1
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Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2023). Do you love your phone more than your child? The consequences of norms and guilt around maternal smartphone use. Human Communication Research, 49(3), 285-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad001 [Data]
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Festl, R. (2021). Soziale Medienkompetenz von Jugendlichen - Zur Rolle von Wissen, Motivation und Fähigkeiten für ein sozial kompetentes Handeln online. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 68(1), 58-73. https://dx.doi.org/10.2378/peu2021.art04d
Festl, R. (2021). Social media literacy & adolescent social online behavior in Germany. Journal of Children and Media, 15(2), 249-271. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1770110
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Reer, F., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2021). Investigating problematic social media and game use in a nationally representative sample of adolescents and younger adults. Behaviour & Information Technology, 40(8), 776-789. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2020.1724333
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Reer, F., Wendt, R., & Quandt, T. (2021). A longitudinal study on online sexual engagement, victimization, and psychosocial well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 674072. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.674072
Wendt, R., & Langmeyer, A. N. (2021). Computer-mediated communication and child/adolescent friendship quality after residential relocation. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(11), 2890-2902. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02102-2
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Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2020). Do smartphones and social network sites become more important when experiencing stress? Results from longitudinal data. Computers in Human Behavior, 109, Article 106339. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106339 [Data]
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Festl, R., & Gniewosz, G. (2019). Role of mothers’ and fathers’ Internet parenting for family climate. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(6), 1764-1784. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407518771753
Festl, R., Reer, F., & Quandt, T. (2019). Online sexual engagement and psychosocial well-being: The mediating role of sexual victimization experiences. Computers in Human Behavior, 98, 102-110. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.04.010
Domahidi, E., Breuer, J., Kowert, R., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2018). A longitudinal analysis of gaming- and non-gaming-related friendships and social support among social online game players. Media Psychology, 21(2), 288-307. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1257393
Festl, R., & Langmeyer, A. N. (2018). Die Bedeutung der elterlichen Interneterziehung für die Internetnutzung von Vor-, Grund- und Sekundarschulkindern. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 67(2), 154-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2018.67.2.154
Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2017). Longitudinal patterns of involvement in cyberbullying: Results from a latent transition analysis among adoles-cents. Computers in Human Behavior, 66, 7-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.027
Festl, R. (2016). Perpetrators on the Internet: Analyzing individual and structural explanation factors of cyberbullying in school context. Computers in Human Behavior, 59, 237-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.017
Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2016). The role of online communication in long-term cyberbullying involvement among girls and boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(9), 1931-1945. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0552-9
Breuer, J., Kowert, R., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2015). Sexist games = sexist gamers? A longitudinal study on the relationship between video game use and sexist attitudes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(4), 197-202. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0492
Breuer, J., Vogelgesang, J., Quandt, T., & Festl, R. (2015). Violent video games and physical aggression: Evidence for a selection effect among adolescents. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000035
Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2015). The individual or the group: A multilevel analysis of cyberbullying in school classes. Human Communication Research, 41(4), 535-556. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hcre.12056
Kowert, R., Vogelgesang, J., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2015). Psychosocial causes and consequences of online video game play. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 51-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.074
Scharkow, M., Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., & Quandt, T. (2015). Beyond the "core-gamer": Genre preferences and gratifications in computer games. Computers in Human Behavior, 44, 293-298.
Breuer, J., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Aggression and preference for first-person shooter and action games: Data from a large-scale survey of German gamers aged 14 and above. Communication Research Reports, 31, 183-196. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2014.907146
Domahidi, E., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). To dwell among gamers - Investigating the relationship between social online game use and gaming-related friendships. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 107-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.023
Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Cyberbullying at schools: A longitudinal research project. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung, 1, 109-114.
Kowert, R., Domahidi, E., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Social gaming, lonely life? The impact of digital game play on adolescents' social circles. Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 385-390. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.003
Kowert, R., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Unpopular, overweight, and socially inept: Reconsidering the stereotype of online gamers. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17(3), 141-146. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2013.0118
Scharkow, M., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Longitudinal patterns of problematic computer game use among adolescents and adults – a 2-year panel study. Addiction, 109(11), 1910-1917. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12662
Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2013). Social relations and cyberbullying: The influence of individual and structural attributes on victimization and perpetration via the Internet. Human Communication Research, 39(1), 101-126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01442.x
Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2013). Problematic computer game use among adolescents, younger and older adults. Addiction, 108(3), 592–599. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12016
Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2013). Peer Influence, Internet use and Cyberbullying: A Comparison of Different Context Effects among German Adolescents. Journal of Children and Media, 7(4), 446-462. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2013.781514
Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2013). Militaristic attitudes and the use of digital games. Games & Culture, 8(6), 392-407.
Breuer, J., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2012). Digital War: An empirical analysis of narrative elements in military first-person shooters. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 4, 215-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.4.3.215_1
Festl, R., Domahidi, E., & Quandt, T. (2012). Freunde fürs Leben? Zur Veränderung sozialer Beziehungen Jugendlicher durch Computerspiele. merzWissenschaft, 56(6), 67-80.
Riesmeyer, C., Naab, T., Camerini, A.-L., Festl, R., & Dallmann, C. (Eds.). (2019). Media literacy as intergenerational project: skills, norms, and mediation.. MedienPädagogik, 35. https://dx.doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/35.X
Festl, R. (2015). Täter im Internet: Eine Analyse individueller und struktureller Erklärungsfaktoren von Cybermobbing im Schulkontext. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09239-9
Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2020). Cyberbullying, online addiction and sexting: an overview of online social risk taking. In M. Potenza, D. Faust, & K. Faust (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technologies and Mental Health (pp. 259-276). Oxford University Press.
Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2017). Cyberbullying. In P. Roessler, C. Hoffner, L. van Zoonen, & N. Podschuweit (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Media Effects (pp. 328-336). Malden, Oxford, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Quandt, T., & Festl, R. (2017). Cyberhate. In P. Roessler, C. Hoffner, L. van Zoonen, & N. Podschuweit (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Media Effects (pp. 336-344). Malden, Oxford, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Quandt, T., Festl, R., & Scharkow, M. (2014). Exzessive und pathologische Formen der Nutzung von Social Media und Onlinegames. In K. Hurrelmann & E. Baumann (Eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitskommunikation (pp. 306-320). Bern: Verlag Hans Huber.
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2021, September 8-10). A guilty tool? The role of norms and guilt when mothers use their smartphone for coping with stress. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Talk]
Festl, R. (2020, Februar). Kommunikation im Netz: Risiken & Ressourcen. Eingeladener Vortrag beim Safer Internet Day. Stuttgart. [Vortrag]
Festl, R., & Langmeyer-Tornier, A. (2020, May). The role of computer-mediated communication for children’s and adolescents’ friendship quality after experiencing relocation. 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference (online conference). Brisbane, Australia. [Talk]
Festl, R., Reer, F., & Quandt, T. (2020, May). A cross-lagged panel study on online sexual victimization and psychosocial well-being. 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference (online conference). Brisbane, Australia. [Poster]
Festl, R. (2019, May). Being socially competent online – measuring and explaining a social competent behavior among high school pupils in Germany. 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Washington D.C., USA. [Poster]
Festl, R. (2019, September). Being socially competent online: the role of social media literacy for a socially competent online behavior. Invited talk at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Nanyang Technological University. Singapore. [Talk]
Naderer, B., Borchers, N., Festl, R., & Dallmann, C. (2019, November). Advertising Literacy: Dealing with Persuasive Messages in a Complex Media Environment. Joint conference of the Advertising Communication Division and Media Education Division of the German Communication Association. Vienna, Austria. [Workshop Organisation]
Reer, F., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2019, Mai). Computerspielsucht kommt selten allein. Eine repräsentative Befragungsstudie zur problematischen Nutzung von digitalen Spielen und Social Media-Diensten. 64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Münster, Deutschland. [Vortrag]
Reer, F., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2019, May). Investigating Problematic Social Media and Game Use in a Nationally Representative German Sample. 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Washington D.C., USA. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2019, May). Do smartphones and social network sites become more important when experiencing stress? An exploration of within-person associations. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington D.C., USA. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2019, Mai). Die Rolle von Smartphones für die Stressbewältigung: Eine Untersuchung von intrapersonalen Zusammenhängen zwischen Nomophobia und Stressempfinden. 64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Münster, Deutschland. [Vortrag]
Festl, R. (2018, November). Digitale Medien im Jugendalter – Nutzung, Folgen und die Bedeutung von sozialen Kompetenzen. Fachtag "Schöne digitale Welt!? Kinder und Jugendliche auf dem Weg begleiten". Rastatt. [Vortrag]
Festl, R. (2018, September). Cyberbullying & Resilience: The Role of Online Social Competencies. European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference. Ghent, Belgium. [Talk]
Festl, R. (2018, November). Adolescents' social competencies in digitalized worlds. European Communication Research Association Conference. Lugano, Switzerland. [Talk]
Festl, R., Reer, F., & Quandt, T. (2018, May). Online Sexual Risk Behavior, Victimization & Psychosocial Well-Being Among Adolescents and Young Adults. 68th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Prague, Czech Republic. [Talk]
Festl, R., Reer, F., & Quandt, T. (2018, Mai). Der Einfluss von sexuellem Risikoverhalten und Viktimisierungserfahrungen online auf das psychosoziale Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen. 63. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Mannheim. [Vortrag]
Riesmeyer, C., Naab, T., & Festl, R. (2018, May). Media literacy as intergenerational process: skills, norms, and mediation. International Communication Association (ICA)-Preconference. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. [Workshop Organisation]
Festl, R., Langmeyer, A., & Walper, S. (2019). JUNG! DIGITAL! SOZIAL? Erklärungsfaktoren für Online-Sozialkompetenzen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. https://www.vodafone-stiftung.de/uploads/tx_newsjson/Vodafone_Stiftung_Studie__Sozialkompetenzen-online_01.pdf
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2023). Dataset for: Do you love your phone more than your child? The consquences of norms and guilt around maternal smartphone use. http://osf.io/926hq/?view_only= 35c4f0caa05942438c4efff039f52cad [Publication]
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2020). Nomophobia, Facebook use and stress - a longitudinal study. https://osf.io/cjqfu/?view_only=a7d6a9e4e920490fbd565d270dd26c69 [Publication]
