20.500.12556/RUL-137261 Value orientations and institutional trust as contributors to the adoption of online services in youth a cross-country comparison Internet usage data from around the globe show that adolescents are the most frequent Internet users, but mostly for leisure activities and maintaining social contacts. In the present study, we focused on Internet use for e-services, which could improve youth efficiency in the financial domain (responsible consumer behaviour) and bridge the online divide in youth. Specifically, we explored how societal constructs (namely, institutional trust and personal values) influence the use of the Internet for online shopping, e-banking and communication with providers of goods and services online. We used a representative sample of adolescents (N = 10.902) from 10 countries of Southeast Europe where a great variability in Internet use is present, and where the use of e-services is generally lower than the EU average. This also allowed for meaningful cross-country comparisons. We tested a structural equation model of values predicting the use of the Internet through institutional trust (including some relevant demographic variables such as settlement size, SES and Internet use frequency) which was grounded in social capital theory, cultural theory and Schwartz human values model. The model exhibited a good fit to the data but the strengths of regressional paths were rather modest. Looking into the cross-country stability of the model, however, revealed some notable differences: while the relationship between trust and use of the Internet for e-services was modest in some countries, the relationship was insignificant in other countries, where Internet usage is lower in general. This suggests that strategies aimed at leveraging e-services and digital technology potential in youth should also account for cultural specificities in the transitional economies and cultural settings with sub-optimal adoption of digital services. individual values cultural values institutional trust Internet use e-services utilisation youth South-eastern Europe adolescents cross cultural differences uporaba interneta mladostniki osebne vrednote kulturne vrednote medkulturne razlike zaupanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2022-06-08 16:06:20 2022-06-08 16:06:29 2022-09-15 04:14:51 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 1-15 Vol. 13 May 2022 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-05-16 316.752:004.738.5 1664-1078 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.887587 109959939 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.887587/full 1 0912992c-e734-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=157161 fpsyg-13-887587_(1).pdf fpsyg-13-887587_(1).pdf 1 C990B72122DC548A5F28157A678A6498 e3315c704ccf522283ed4df99818f9981525fbf9e1c1301550a017297732da80 6b902457-0115-11ed-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=158358 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0