University-based youth mentorship program : adapting a quantitative digital citizenship study to the online environment / Cortny Stark and Jose Luis Tapia-Fuselier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stark, Cortny, author.

Tapia-Fuselier, Jose Luis, author.

Series:

SAGE research methods: doing research online.

SAGE research methods: doing research online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet research--Case studies.

Internet research.

Quantitative research--Case studies.

Quantitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2022.

Summary:

The research upon which the proposed case study is based was conducted during the spring of 2021 as part of a therapeutic youth mentoring program serving "multiply marginalized" (Cyrus, 2017) youth (ages 10–14 years). The proposed case study will explore the challenges faced when adapting a would-be in-person quantitative research study with youth to an online environment. The study and youth programming were facilitated by the department of counseling and human services, out of a university in the Rocky Mountain region. The project expanded upon experiential activities currently employed by the program, with the primary aim of enhancing youths' knowledge and awareness of digital use habits and skills to participate in safe self-regulated online engagement. With support from trained undergraduate student mentors and graduate assistants, youth engaged in guided digital citizenship activities and group discussions via Zoom regarding digital wellness, digital accessibility, user data and securing digital devices, and personal information and the digital footprint. Before and after each digital citizenship activity, each youth completed a brief survey distributed using Qualtrics online survey platform. These pretests and posttests measured changes in the understanding of key concepts involved in cybersecurity and digital wellness. Youth participants reported changes in key areas of social and emotional wellness were also explored using the Youth Participant Survey (National Research Center, 2013). All research activities were facilitated in the virtual setting using Zoom for communication between participants and research team members and online interactive games and platforms for digital citizenship activities. Informed consent and assent and survey instruments were administered using the Qualtrics online platform.

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ISBN:

9781529601398 :

OCLC:

1301362892