Adolescent Readers vs Online-Surfers: Aggression Rates and School Climate Perceptions

Background. is article is devoted to research on di erent forms of leisure activity (reading and online sur ng) as factors in the psychological well-being of contemporary adolescents.e article also provides an overview of research related to various aspects of adolescent well-being, speci cally the risks of aggression and the school climate perceptions.Objective.e aim of the study was to concretize the links between preferred forms of leisure activity (reading or online sur ng), adolescents' school climate perceptions and aggressiveness.Design.A quasi-experimental scheme was developed.e sample consisted of 883 respondents (41% male, mean age = 16 years old).Data analysis included two-way ANO-VA and Tukey's Test.Data collection was conducted by an anonymous online questionnaire in 2017-2018.Results.Signi cant relationships have been established between both individual factors (reading or online sur ng), and their interaction with indicators of the school climate perception.Aggressiveness was associated with a preference for spending one's free time on the Internet.Conclusion. e study makes a contribution to the discussion about the role of digital technologies as a factor of well-being for the modern teenager and con rms the positive role of reading as a form of leisure activity.e research question of the impact of reading from hard copy or screen is also touched upon.