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Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8-12-year-olds build and show digital resilience

This study explores how digital resilience operates in relation to pre-teens’ use of the internet.
Pre-teens’ capacity to build digital resilience relies on their ability to recognise online risks. Picture: Olezzo/Adobe Stock
Pre-teens’ capacity to build digital resilience relies on their ability to recognise online risks. Picture: Olezzo/Adobe Stock

Study authors: Simon Patrick Hammond, Gianfarnco Polizzi, Kimberley Jane Bartholomew, Education and Information Technologies (October 2022)

The study aimed to establish how children's digital resilience is constituted, experienced, and derived from, complex relationships within and across individual, home, community, and societal systems and how this evolves over time. This is particularly important for “pre-teens” (8- to 12-year-olds), who are transitioning into early adolescence and seeking more independence at home, school, within society and, increasingly, through online experiences. The researchers say it is vital that educators, who play a key role in supporting children to thrive in their connected lives, are equipped to assist pre-teens to navigate these transitions.

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