Positive digital communication among youth : the development and validation of the digital flourishing scale for adolescents

Rosič, Jasmina (avtor), Lobe, Bojana (avtor)

Research has extensively studied the negative effects of digital communication on adolescents’ well-being. However, positive digital experiences and behavior in adolescence are still poorly understood. The recently developed Digital Flourishing Scale addresses this gap and focuses on the positive perceptions of a user’s experiences and behaviors in digital communication among adults. In this paper, we developed an adolescent version of this scale. Study 1 demonstrated the internal consistency of the scale and the same factor structure for adolescence as for adulthood: connectedness, civil participation, positive social comparison, authentic self-presentation, and self-control. Study 2 confirmed the identified factor structure with a second sample of adolescents and established measurement invariance across genders. The construct validity of the scale was confirmed by investigating associations with related constructs, including the basic psychological needs from self-determination theory (competence, autonomy, and relatedness), secure attachment to a close friend, Internet aggression, social media-induced inspiration, authenticity of posted positive content, and social media self-control failure. The results indicated that not all adolescents flourish equally online. Differences occurred depending on the adolescents’ gender and socioeconomic status. The paper concludes that the newly developed scale is a valid and reliable measure for assessing adolescents’. perceptions of digital thriving and digital empowerment.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: digital communication, digital flourishing, positive media psychology, well-being, adolescents, scale development
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 01.09.2022
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 1-16
• Številčenje: [Vol.] 4, art. 975557
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-139466
• UDK: 316.77-053.6:004
• ISSN pri članku: 2673-253X
• DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.975557
• COBISS.SI-ID: 120054275
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.09.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Frontiers in digital health
• Skrajšan naslov: Front. digit. health
• Založnik: Frontiers
• ISSN: 2673-253X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 56136707

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 02.09.2022

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: European Commission
• Številka projekta: 852317
• Naslov: Malleability in mediated ideals: A paradigm to understand effects of contemporary media in adolescents’ well-being
• Akronim: MIMIc