YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

238 Figure 6.7: Stress and time young people spend in front of computer screens and smart devices. Stress and the time spent online t screen time 66 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 Source: Mladina 2020. Note: The time young people spend in front of computer screens and smart de- vices (t screen ) represents the sum of time categories (1 = less than 15 minutes per day, 6 = more than three hours per day) of eleven activities (max. 66), per- formed by young people on computers/smart devices (shopping, playing games, listening to music, school obligations, etc.). The main predictors of higher levels of stress include being female, poorer relationships with parents, the amount of time young people spend in front of smartphones and computers, a negative climate at school or at work, and the family having a lower financial status. Elements of mental health problems can also be inferred from the con- text of adjustment strategies that young people adopt when facing prob- lems. It is worrying that as many as 14% of them turned to alcohol or drugs due to the aforementioned problems.