EU Kids Online: Enhancing Knowledge Regarding European Children's Use, Risk and Safety Online, 2010

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The project aimed to enhance the knowledge base regarding children’s and parents’ experiences and practices of risk and safety in their use of the internet and new online technologies in Europe. The goal was to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children. A comparable quantitative survey of children’s use of online technologies across European member states, matched with a survey of their parents’ experiences regarding their children’s internet use, was designed and conducted. The questionnaire design built on knowledge generated by the EU Kids Online network, on findings from comparable surveys of children and parents conducted elsewhere, and on the recommendations of the Safer Internet Forum 2007.<br>
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Specific objectives were: (1) to design a thorough and robust survey instrument appropriate for identifying the nature of children’s access, use, risk, coping and safety awareness; (2) to design a thorough and robust survey instrument appropriate for identifying the nature of parental experiences, practices and concerns regarding their children’s internet use; (3) to administer the survey in a reliable and ethically-sensitive manner to national samples of internet users aged 9-16, and their parents, in member states; (4) to analyse the results systematically so as to identify both core findings and more complex patterns among findings on a national and comparative basis; (5) to disseminate the findings in a timely manner to a wide range of relevant stakeholders nationally, across Europe, and internationally; (6) to identify and disseminate key recommendations relevant to the development of safety awareness initiatives in Europe; (7) to identify any remaining knowledge gaps and methodological lessons learned, to inform future projects regarding the promotion of safer use of the internet and new online technologies; (8) to benefit from, sustain the visibility of, and further enhance the knowledge generated by, the EU Kids Online network.<br>
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The mixed methods data collection <i>United Kingdom Children Go Online, 2003-2005 </i> (UKCGO) is also held at the UK Data Archive under study number 5475. The study conducted an investigation of 9-19 year olds' use of the internet between 2003 and 2005 in the United Kingdom. Work was conducted with girls and boys of different ages and socio-economic backgrounds across the UK in order to ask how the internet may be transforming, or may itself be shaped by, family life, peer networks and education.<br>
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Further information can be obtained from the project's web site <a href="http://www.eukidsonline.net/" title=" EU Kids Online">EU Kids Online</a>.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Specific topics focused on were: children’s experiences of the internet across locations and devices; similarities and differences by children’s age, gender and socio-economic status; a range of risks experienced by children online; children’s perception of the subjective harm associated with these risks; children’s roles as ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ of risks; accounts of risks and safety practices reported by children and their parents; data across countries for analysis of national similarities and differences.<br>
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Country-specific codes were standardised to obtain comparable variables for education and socio-economic status across countries. Psychological differences were measured on scales derived or adapted from existing measures for self-efficacy, the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ), sensation-seeking, and internet addiction. The dataset also contains paradata, metadata and auxiliary data.<br>

<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本项目旨在扩充关于欧洲儿童及家长在使用互联网与新型在线技术过程中风险与安全体验及实践的知识库，目标是为推动儿童更安全的在线环境提供参考依据。研究设计并开展了两项可比较的定量调查：一是欧洲成员国儿童在线技术使用情况调查，二是与其匹配的家长关于子女互联网使用体验的调查。问卷设计基于欧盟儿童在线网络（EU Kids Online network）产出的知识、其他地区开展的儿童与家长可比调查结果，以及2007年更安全互联网论坛（Safer Internet Forum）的建议。<br><br>具体目标包括：（1）设计全面且稳健的调查工具，以明确儿童的互联网接入、使用、风险感知、应对策略及安全意识特征；（2）设计全面且稳健的调查工具，以明确家长关于子女互联网使用的体验、实践及担忧特征；（3）以可靠且符合伦理规范的方式，在各成员国对9-16岁互联网用户及其家长的全国样本开展调查；（4）系统分析调查结果，以在国家层面及比较层面识别核心发现与更复杂的结果模式；（5）及时向国家、欧洲及国际层面的各类相关利益相关方传播研究发现；（6）识别并传播与欧洲安全意识倡议发展相关的关键建议；（7）识别现存知识缺口与方法学经验教训，为未来推动互联网及新型在线技术安全使用的项目提供参考；（8）利用、维持欧盟儿童在线网络的影响力，并进一步扩充其产出的知识。<br><br>混合方法数据收集项目《英国儿童上网研究（2003-2005）》（UKCGO）同样由英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）保存，研究编号为5475。该研究于2003-2005年在英国开展，调查了9-19岁青少年的互联网使用情况。研究针对英国不同年龄、不同社会经济背景的男女青少年开展，旨在探究互联网如何改变家庭生活、同伴网络及教育，或如何被这些因素所塑造。<br><br>更多信息可通过项目网站获取：<a href="http://www.eukidsonline.net/" title="EU Kids Online">欧盟儿童在线（EU Kids Online）</a>。<br><br><br><B>核心主题</B>:<BR><br>研究聚焦的具体主题包括：儿童在不同地点及设备上的互联网体验；儿童互联网体验因年龄、性别及社会经济地位产生的异同；儿童面临的各类在线风险；儿童对这些风险所致主观伤害的感知；儿童在风险中的"受害者"与"施害者"角色；儿童及家长报告的风险情况与安全实践；用于分析国家间异同的跨国数据。<br><br>研究对各国特定编码进行标准化处理，以获取可比较的教育及社会经济地位变量。心理差异通过量表进行测量，这些量表源自或改编自现有测量工具，包括自我效能感量表、优势与困难问卷（Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire，SDQ）、感觉寻求量表及网络成瘾量表。数据集还包含辅助数据（paradata）、元数据（metadata）及附属数据。