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Digital Media Privacy Literacy Training

The Effects of Digital Media Privacy Literacy Education on Children's Autonomy, Decision-making and Privacy Awareness

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06885580
Enrollment
184
Registered
2025-03-20
Start date
2024-10-10
Completion date
2024-12-20
Last updated
2025-06-18

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Conditions

Autonomy, Digital Health Literacy, Student

Keywords

children, digital privacy literacy, autonomy, decision making, privacy awareness

Brief summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled experimental study is to evaluate the effects of digital privacy literacy education on children's autonomy, decision-making and privacy awareness.The hypotheses of the study are as follows; H1a: Digital privacy literacy education has an effect on children's autonomy. H1b: Digital privacy literacy education has an effect on children's decision-making. H1c: Digital privacy literacy education has an effect on children's privacy awareness.

Detailed description

The research will be conducted with 4th grade students (9-12 years old) who are receiving education in a primary school affiliated to Ağrı Provincial Directorate of National Education and who meet the inclusion criteria. Students will be divided into 2 groups as experimental and control groups by simple random method. Digital environment privacy literacy training will be provided to the experimental group, while no training will be provided to the control group. Data will be collected using Child Information Form, Autonomy Survey and Primary School Students' Privacy Consciousness Scale.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducation

Students will be provided with digital privacy literacy training designed using the puzzle method, which will consist of 8 sessions over a 12-week period.

Sponsors

Ataturk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Data collection tools will be collected by an interviewer independent of the research.

Intervention model description

Students will be assigned to 2 groups: experimental and control group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being in the 4th grade of primary school * Not being an inclusive student * Parent's written consent to participate in the research * Child's verbal consent to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

* Child/parent wants to leave the study at any stage * Child does not attend the training sessions 2 or more times * Child does not complete at least one of the pre-test and post-test data collection tools

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Autonomy Survey1 weeksThe survey was developed to determine the level of autonomy of 4th and 5th grade primary school students. The autonomy survey consists of 2 sections. The first section contains 20 items regarding children's decisional autonomy. The second section contains 19 items regarding children's behavioral autonomy. The survey is a four-point Likert-type scale and is scored as never: 1, sometimes: 2, often: 3, always: 4. There are no reverse-coded items in the survey. All items in the survey are collected according to their sections to measure the relevant autonomy. As the total score obtained from the survey increases, the level of autonomy also increases. Researchers found the Cronbach-Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the survey as .84. In this study, the first section of the autonomy survey, decisional autonomy, was used. Scores between 20 and 80 are obtained from this section.
Privacy Awareness Scale of Primary School Students1 weeksIt was developed to determine the level of privacy awareness of primary school 3rd and 4th grade students. The scale consists of 4 factors and 16 items. These factors are; Personal Security, Sharing of Personal Information, Social Media Privacy, Parental Control. The scale is a 3-point Likert type and is scored as disagree: 1, undecided: 2, agree: 3. There are 2 reverse items in the scale (items 7 and 13). The score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 16 and 48 points. The sub-factors and total score in the scale are obtained by adding the item scores.
Introductory Information Form1 weeksThe introductory information form, which was created by the researcher by scanning the relevant literature, consists of a total of 9 questions regarding the student's age, gender, mother's education level, father's education level, socioeconomic status, who owns the digital device he/she uses to access the internet, the frequency of use of digital devices, the purpose for which he/she uses the internet, and whether he/she has a social media account.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Autonomy survey12 weeksThe survey was developed to determine the level of autonomy of 4th and 5th grade primary school students. The autonomy survey consists of 2 sections. The first section contains 20 items regarding children's decisional autonomy. The second section contains 19 items regarding children's behavioral autonomy. The survey is a four-point Likert-type scale and is scored as never: 1, sometimes: 2, often: 3, always: 4. There are no reverse-coded items in the survey. All items in the survey are collected according to their sections to measure the relevant autonomy. As the total score obtained from the survey increases, the level of autonomy also increases. Researchers found the Cronbach-Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the survey as .84. In this study, the first section of the autonomy survey, decisional autonomy, was used. Scores between 20 and 80 are obtained from this section.
Privacy Awareness Scale of Primary School Students12 weeksIt was developed to determine the level of privacy awareness of primary school 3rd and 4th grade students. The scale consists of 4 factors and 16 items. These factors are; Personal Security, Sharing of Personal Information, Social Media Privacy, Parental Control. The scale is a 3-point Likert type and is scored as disagree: 1, undecided: 2, agree: 3. There are 2 reverse items in the scale (items 7 and 13). The score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 16 and 48 points. The sub-factors and total score in the scale are obtained by adding the item scores.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026