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In today's digital age, the pervasive influence of technology on adolescents is undeniable. A recent study, published in Computers in Human Behavior, delves deeper into the novel construct of concept of digital maturity.
In the ever-evolving digital landscape, understanding children's interaction with technology is crucial. DIGYMATEX presented research on this topic at ECIS TREO Forum 2024 in June.
Research by the DIGYMATEX project has demonstrated a link between digital maturity and successful regulation of aggressive impulses, opening up new possible methods for successfully intervening and boosting more responsible online behaviour, among both youth and adults.
A new research by DIGYMATEX confirmed that digital maturity – a measurement based on ten aspects of positive online behaviour identified by DIGYMATEX – is positively associated with well-being.
Research conducted by a team of researchers from the EU-funded DIGYMATEX project at the University of Vienna has shown that active parental involvement in adolescents’ use of digital devices has a positive effect on their digital maturity.
The Digital Maturity Inventory (DIMI) developed by the EU-funded DIGYMATEX project was presented at the ”Children, young people and digital technologies: life in virtual space“ event hosted by the Austrian Institute for Family Studies.
DIGYMATEX partner Nofima presented joint research demonstrating a link between uncontrolled eating and low digital maturity among adolescents at the PANGBORN Sensory Science Symposium.
The Digital Maturity Inventory (DIMI) developed by the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project was presented at the 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) in Kraków, Poland.
Researchers of the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project, led by Prof. Peter Mohr and Dr. Tim Schulz van Endert of the Freie Universität Berlin, are preparing to publish the results of a study based on three experiments examining the connection between digital maturity and decision-making competencies.
Promoting Digital Maturity among various European stakeholders in general and to its youth in particular is a key strategy and policy of the EU as increased digital maturity is an essential facilitator to ensure the competitiveness of the European economy.
Researchers of the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project, Alvaro E. Arenas and Pouye Yazdi, have published their paper entitled “Towards a model of technology usage and digital maturity in children: A grounded-theory approach”.
Researchers from the EU-funded DIGYMATEX project have published a scientific paper detailing a key part of the project, titled “Digital maturity: Development and validation of the Digital Maturity Inventory (DIMI)”.
DIGYMATEX researchers Aqib Siddiqui and Konstantina Valogianni, both of the IE Business School, presented their paper titled “Understanding Children’s Digital Maturity: A Socio-Technical Perspective” at CIST 2022.
DIGYMATEX researcher Franziska Laaber presented the project’s proposed digital maturity index at the 52nd congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), held at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.
Instagram users’ patterns of behaviour related to receiving additional followers and likes are similar to general behaviour patterns related to receiving additional money and food, according to research carried out by DIGYMATEX research partner.
An article on technology usage by children and digital maturity will be presented by the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project at the 30th European Conference on Information Systems – ECIS 2022.
Over 70 colleagues from four EU-funded H2020 project came together to a Cross Project Meeting in Oslo to present their findings on the different aspects of children’s’ digital lives.
A poster prepared by the DIGYMATEX Project partners Melissa Bohnert and Pablo Gracia from Trinity College Dublin, received special recognition as one of five finalists for the RC28 Conference on Social Stratification and Mobility.
DIGYMATEX researchers, Arnd Florack, of the University of Vienna and Pablo Gracia of Trinity College Dublin, presented policy recommendations to protect children from manipulative content or algorithms used online.
DIGYMATEX Project recently carried out five focus group sessions in order to shape the design of digital maturity questionnaires that will be a key tool in the next phase of the project.
DIGYMATEX special webinar hosted three world-renowned specialists in child and adolescent development, to discuss the impact of digital devices on maturity in children and adolescents.
Together with the partners from the DIGYMATEX consortium researchers from the University of Vienna, provide a psychological view on the use of digital technology by kids.
Researchers with the DIGYMATEX project at the Freie Universität Berlin, Tim Schulz van Endert and Peter N. C. Mohr, found a positive relationship between hours of smartphone use and impulsive decision making, through an experiment focusing on delayed gratification.
DIGYMATEX has named four highly esteemed researchers to its Ethics Advisory Board: Anja Achtziger of Zeppelin University, Lapo Mola of the Université Côte Azure, Sakari Lemola of Bielefeld University, and Terhi-Anna Wilska of the University of Jyväskylä.
DIGYMATEX researchers Melissa Bohnert and Dr Pablo Gracia, both of Trinity College Dublin's Department of Sociology, recently published a study in Child Indicators Research Journal.
The EU-funded DIGYMATEX project was presented and discussed together with two other sister projects in a webinar focusing on Digital Technologies in the Lives of Children and Young People.
The international DIGYMATEX consortium plans to provide evidence-based tools to assist in understanding and determining children’s digital maturity.