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Students’ Technology Use and Its Effects on Peer Relationships, Academic Involvement, and Healthy Lifestyles
Jan M. Lloyd Laura A. Dean Diane L. Cooper

The purpose of this study was to explore students’ technology use and its relationship with their psychosocial development. Previous research explored students’ computer use in conjunction with their cognitive development. This study examined the effects of computer use and other technologies, such as instant messaging, handheld gaming devices, and MP3 players, and the impact they have on students’ peer relationships, academic involvement, and healthy lifestyles. Results show both positive and negative effects on all three constructs of psychosocial development, including differences based on gender and race. Student engagement on campuses is different than it was a decade ago. According to Arend (2004), engagement is simply defined as “the time and effort spent on activities” (p. 30). Students still concentrate on

Jan M. Lloyd is the director of student life at the University of South Florida in Lakeland in Orlando, FL. Laura A. Dean is assistant professor of counseling & human development services at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Diane L. Cooper is a professor of counseling & human development services at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.
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academics, participate in student organizations, and communicate with faculty and friends. However, with the introduction of technology, the ways that students communicate, interact, and engage in activities have changed. With online degrees, smart boards, whiteboards, chat tools, Internet video conferencing, digitized movies, and electronic libraries (Lenhart, Madden, & Hitlin, 2005), college students have more access to and use of technology than any other generation. Technology has now moved into everyday use with the introduction of things such as Facebook in 2004 (Kim, 2005)

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