scholarly journals Typologies of navigation on digital platforms: the case of students from southern Tamaulipas

Paakat ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
María Consuelo Lemus Pool ◽  
◽  
Rocío López González ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Mexican Students ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Digital Environments

This paper presents the results of research in the southern conurbation of Tamaulipas analyzing the types of internet browsing of some young Mexican students between the age of 15 and 29, to characterize the most significant variables in each type of navigation (such as sociodemographic and access), and contrast, in each one, digital skills, self-perceptions and experiences of using technology that describe each profile. The methodology used is quantitative, using a principal component analysis (PCA) that identified five types of navigation. Subsequently, a regression analysis was applied to present the variables that characterize each type of user. In the results, five types of navigation were identified: information search, collaborative, entertainment, communicative-playful and socializing, where the condition of access continues to be a crucial aspect. Although no differences were identified based on the age, educational level, or occupation of the young people, a strong gender component prevails. This work invites reflection on the importance of exploring and recognizing that not all young people navigate in the same way, and not with the same intensity or skills to face the new capacities that society demands to be functional and competitive in digital environments.

Development and validation of a scale to measure the resilience of schools: Perspectives of young people from vulnerable and challenging territories

2021 ◽  
pp. 136548022199174
Author(s):  
Ana Milheiro Silva ◽  
Sofia Marques da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
National Level ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Educational Pathways ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Territorial Disparities ◽  
Development And Validation

This article presents the development and validation of a scale for young people, which measures the resilience of schools in ensuring the educational pathways of students in vulnerable and challenging territories. This scale was developed within a national-level project, conducted in Portuguese border regions with Spain, which are peripheral contexts with economic, social, cultural, and educational disadvantages, but with locally-situated promising dynamics. Resilient schools, from an ecological perspective, are sensitive and committed to their internal and external settings. These schools act as a whole to face problem solving and risk situations, while also needing to support youth educational pathways and fulfill their role. This is particularly important in contexts with territorial disparities and specificities, as is the case of border regions. The Resilience Scale of Schools – Youth Version (RSS-Y) integrates dimensions related to schools’ focus and priorities, as well as practices and resources. Its development took into consideration that schools in vulnerable territories deal with specific constraints and fewer opportunities. In addition, this scale seeks to study the characteristics of resilience that young people identify in their schools and how they perceive their schools’ support. This quantitative scale was developed following a multi-step approach and was applied to 3,968 young people (9th to 12th grade). It comprises 17 items, rated on a five-point Likert scale to assess agreement. Statistical analysis ensure the internal consistency (Factor 1, α = .846; Factor 2, α = .845; Factor 3, α = .789) and the validity of this scale, indicating adequate psychometric properties to measure students’ perspectives on the resilience characteristics of schools. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) proposes a three-factor structure that explains 57.393% of the total variance. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicates that this model is a good fit with the data. The RSS-Y can provide an important contribution to educational research developed in more deprived territories, but also to school contexts, since it recognizes the importance of schools’ differentiated approaches and highlights characteristics that promote the resilience and quality of schools.

Self-Perceptions and Benefit Finding Among Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-423
Author(s):  
Natalie M. Brousseau ◽  
Valerie A. Earnshaw ◽  
David Menino ◽  
Laura M. Bogart ◽  
Jennifer Carrano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Young People ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Benefit Finding ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Psychosocial Processes

Substance use disorders (SUDs) among young people have been linked with a range of adverse health consequences that can be successfully mitigated with early SUD treatment. According to the Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance (SITCM), psychosocial processes including self-perceptions and benefit finding evolve with treatment, influencing recovery-based identities that can facilitate treatment success. However, this process has only been documented with adults; thus, the current study seeks to characterize these psychosocial processes among young people in SUD treatment and their caregivers. Nineteen young people receiving SUD treatment and 15 caregivers were interviewed about treatment experiences including negative self-perceptions, positive self-perceptions, and benefit finding. Results support the SITCM: Adolescents described escaping negative self-perceptions associated with the “substance use self” identity and strengthening a new “recovery self” identity characterized by positive self-perceptions and benefit finding. Caregivers described how extrinsic sources of support can help mitigate negative self-perceptions.

Online opportunities and risks for children and adolescents: The role of digital skills, age, gender and parental mediation in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2411-2431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Cabello-Hutt ◽  
Patricio Cabello ◽  
Magdalena Claro
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Parental Educational Level

This article presents a study that applies integrated and multi-factor path analysis to report the direct and indirect effects of young Brazilian individual and home factors on their online opportunities and risks. The results show that engaging in more online opportunities, being older and having a lower level of parental mediation are associated with a higher number of online risks. At the same time, being older, having Internet access at home, having parents with a higher educational level, possessing more digital skills and receiving a higher level of co-use and active parental mediation are positively associated with online opportunities. Although restrictive parental mediation is negatively associated with online risks, it also reduces opportunities. In addition, co-use and active mediation are positively associated with parental educational level. These findings offer a starting point to understand children’s online behaviour and digital inclusion in Latin America and analyse its differences with other regions.

scholarly journals Condiciones sociales y riesgo escolar de jóvenes de educación media superior en Mexicali, Baja California

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Emilia Cristina González Machado ◽  
Rebeca Michell Ramírez Peralta ◽  
Ernesto Israel Santillán Anguiano ◽  
Erika Paola Reyes Piñuelas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Young People ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Food Basket ◽  
Grade Failure

El trabajo describe las condiciones socioeconómicas familiares y aspectos educativos de jóvenes estudiantes de educación media superior. Desde un estudio cuantitativo, se aplicó un cuestionario de 52 reactivos, con el propósito de explorar aspectos de equipamiento y canasta básica; condiciones familiares, reprobación, rendimiento académico y la motivación hacia la escuela. Se caracteriza un plantel con una muestra aleatoria de 43 estudiantes de sexto semestre. Entre los resultados, se reportan los niveles de escolaridad del padre y de la madre; el 56% cuenta con computadora y el 86% con internet; el 42% trabaja y obtiene un ingreso menor al salario mínimo. Entre las conclusiones, se observó que la reprobación representa el riesgo de abandono escolar. Abstract This paper describes socioeconomic conditions in families and educational aspects of young people in high school. From a quantitative study, a questionnaire consisting of 52 test items was applied with the aim of exploring aspects of equipment and the basic food basket, family situations, grade failure, academic performance, and motivation towards school. A high school was characterized with a sample where 43 students in sixth semester were randomly sampled. Among the results obtained, 56% of students have a computer and 86% have internet; 42% work and perceive an income inferior to the established minimum wage; and a report of their mother's or father's educational level was required. Among the findings, we observed that failure to achieve a passing grade represented a risk of dropout.

scholarly journals Exploring of Dietary Patterns, and Possible Association with Educational Level, among Jordanian Pregnant Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Reema Tayyem ◽  
Shatha Hammad ◽  
Sabika S. Allehdan ◽  
Dana Abdelrahim ◽  
Lydia Djellouli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Highly Educated

Evaluating dietary patterns could provide an overall view of food and nutrient which consumed regularly. Better understanding of dietary patterns in pregnant women may be considered an acceptable mean to identify unhealthy dietary practices and the associations with undesirable pregnancy outcomes, which necessitates urgent intervention. This study aimed to determine the dietary pattern followed by Jordanian women during pregnancy in the second and third trimesters and to detect possible association between the dietary patterns and educational level. A total of 286 healthy, pregnant Jordanian women, aged ≥ 18 years with singleton pregnancies, completed the study. Sociodemographic, dietary, and physical activity data were collected using validated questionnaires. Dietary patterns were identified using a Principal Component Analysis. A multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the effect of education level on dietary intake. Three dietary patterns were identified during the entire duration of pregnancy; ‘High-Fat, High-Sugar’, ‘Fruit and Vegetables', and ‘High Protein’ which explained about 32% of the variability of the study sample. Dietary patterns adopted by pregnant women during the second and third trimesters, separately, were able to explain about 40% of the variability during each trimester. Educational level showed associations with dietary patterns, in which ‘Fruit and Vegetables' and ‘Healthy’ patterns were remarkably manifested as the preferred pattern of consumption for the highly educated women during their third trimester. Different dietary patterns have been identified among Jordanian pregnant women throughout their pregnancy trimesters. Higher educational level could influence food choices. Fruit and Vegetables' and ‘Healthy’ patterns were the followed patterns among the highly educated women during their third trimester.

scholarly journals Association between serum markers of the humoral immune system and inflammation in the Swedish AMORIS study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
aida santaolalla ◽  
Sam Sollie ◽  
Ali Rislan ◽  
Debra H. Josephs ◽  
Niklas Hammar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Adaptive Response ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Serum Markers ◽  
Response Component ◽  
Humoral Immune ◽  
Humoral Immune System

Abstract Background: Although the onset of inflammatory cascades may profoundly influence the nature of antibody responses, the interplay between inflammatory and humoral (antibody) immune markers remains unclear. Thus, we explored the reciprocity between the humoral immune system and inflammation and assessed how external socio-demographic factors may influence these interactions.Methods: From the AMORIS cohort, 5,513 individuals were identified with baseline measurements of serum humoral immune (immunoglobulin G, A & M (IgG, IgA, IgM)) and inflammation (C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, haptoglobin, white blood cells (WBC), iron and total iron-binding capacity) markers measured on the same day. Correlation analysis, principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering were used to evaluate biomarkers correlation, variation and associations. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to assess associations between biomarkers and educational level, socio-economic status, sex and age.Results: Frequently used serum markers for inflammation, CRP, haptoglobin and white blood cells, correlated together. Hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis confirmed the interaction between these main biological responses, showing an acute response component (CRP, Haptoglobin, WBC, IgM) and adaptive response component (Albumin, Iron, TIBC, IgA, IgG). A socioeconomic gradient associated with worse health outcomes was observed, specifically low educational level, older age and male sex were associated with serum levels that indicated infection and inflammation.Conclusions: These findings indicate that serum markers of the humoral immune system and inflammation closely interact in response to infection or inflammation. Clustering analysis presented two main immune response components: an acute and an adaptive response, comprising markers of both biological pathways. Future studies should shift from single internal marker assessment to multiple humoral and inflammation serum markers combined, when assessing risk of clinical outcomes such as cancer.

scholarly journals Emprendimiento y adolescencia

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia E. Santana Vega ◽  
Olga González-Morales ◽  
Luis Feliciano García
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Young People ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
State School ◽  
School Location ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Type Of School

<p class="AbstractText">This work studied the entrepreneurial aspirations of 3,987 adolescents regarding self-employment and the influence of gender, age, nationality, type of school, location of the school, educational level and performance. The Logit model is used to analyze the data. The results indicate that the pupils’ aspirations to be self-employed increase in the case of foreigners, of studying in a state school, of having a lower educational level and of demonstrating a low academic performance. The results were not statistically significant for the gender and age variables. The curriculum and guidance programmes need to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship and creativity in young people<strong>.</strong></p>

Treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts A field study for inmates in the Rusafa second parking lot and Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 195-232
Author(s):  
MAYSSAM OBAID ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Ibn Rushd ◽  
Parking Lot

The study aimed to identify the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts for a sample of inmates in the Al-Rusafa second parking lot and in Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital, in order to identify the causes of addiction and the rehabilitation programs provided to drug users. To achieve this, the researcher followed the descriptive and analytical approach by applying a questionnaire to a sample of 60 Addict The results showed that the most popular groups for addiction are young people, and crystal is the most popular drug among them, and among the most important factors driving their addiction are bad friends and unemployment as well as leisure time, and the results showed that there are differences between age and the desire of addicts to take treatment Also, the company of friends restricts the addict and hinders him from applying for treatment, and the results show that the demand for drug treatment decreases the lower the educational level. Key words: drugs, addiction, rehabilitation, treatment of addicts

How to Use Parody and Humour to Teach Digital Literacy

2016 ◽  
pp. 423-435
Author(s):  
Luis Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Young People ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
The Impact

Based on the assumption digital literacy needs a practical approach and actions, this chapter presents an initiative that intends to develop digital skills in a very creative way. Considering the challenge educators (for instance, teachers or librarians) face to promote digital literacy skills especially to young people in a very engaging way, some training was developed to create a possible answer to that problem. This chapter discusses the impact of that initiative that highlights the potential of humour and parody that we can find on digital media to teach digital literacy. According to some attendants, this approach was creative, engaging and built in their minds alternative paths to explore digital literacy and critical thinking.

Measuring the Potential for IT Convergence at Macrolevel

2003 ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
Margherita Pagani
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
It Convergence ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Digital Convergence ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Definition Of

In this chapter, the author sets out to define what convergence is and to measure it in Europe. It begins by proposing that the concept of digital convergence, as it is commonly expressed, is taken to refer to three possible axes of alignment: convergence of devices, convergence of networks, and convergence of content. Although there is evidence in digital environments of limited alignment in some of these areas, there are considerable physical, technical, and consumer barriers in each case. In fact, rather than convergence, the transition from analog to digital is often accompanied by a process of fragmentation. A better way of looking at convergence may lie in the degree to which two-way digital networks facilitate cross-platform management of customer relationships, regardless of the type of networks those customers use. In the chapter, a definition of convergence based on penetration of digital platforms and the potential for cross-platform Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies is argued for before going on to develop a convergence index according to different European territories that can be compared.

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