Internet technology has been assimilated into children’s educational system on an in-depth level. In particular, the number of children who use the internet for entertainment has been rapidly increasing. However, there has been a debate as to whether internet entertainment can have a detrimental impact on children’s cognitive ability. This paper investigates the effect of internet entertainment on the cognitive ability of children in the Chinese context. The results show no evidence of associations between internet entertainment and children’s cognitive ability. However, the additional analysis provides preliminary evidence suggesting that internet entertainment can be beneficial to children who use it for entertainment only on weekends but detrimental for those who spend leisure time online daily. In addition, the findings are robust in a variety of sensitivity tests. We also examine whether the effects of internet entertainment on children’s cognitive ability in different fam
Based on the traditional internal factor model, high environmental awareness should bring higher engagement in environmental practices. In reality, however, many studies have found no significant correlation between the two. To explain this, frontier research is focusing on what external factors influence environmental sustainability. As a typical example of such external factors, this article focuses on the innovation of Internet payment technology. Based on a survey of 623 individuals living across mainland China, we conduct path analysis, stepwise regression analysis, and a mediation test on Internet payment technology, environmental awareness, environmental protection practices, and demographics such as age, income, and sex. We find that Internet payment technology plays a significant mediator role between environmental awareness and environmental behaviors, and that demographics also affect sustainability. Internet payment technology can expand the range of ways in which consumers
2022 MAR 11 By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News New research on Environmental Health- Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the subject of a report. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Beijing Normal University,“ This study applies data from CHARLS survey that traces the health status among older adults.
2022 MAR 11 By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News New research on Environmental Health- Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the subject of a report. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Beijing Normal University,“ This study applies data from CHARLS survey that traces the health status among older adults.
2022 MAR 11 By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News New research on Environmental Health- Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the subject of a report. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Beijing Normal University,“ This study applies data from CHARLS survey that traces the health status among older adults.