Digital Media Privacy Literacy Training

NCT06885580 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: AtaturkU-RY-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 184
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Student; Digital Health Literacy; Autonomy

Keywords

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Autonomy Survey

  The 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.

  1 weeks

• Privacy Awareness Scale of Primary School Students

  It 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.

  1 weeks

• Introductory Information Form

  The 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.

  1 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Autonomy survey

  12 weeks

• Privacy Awareness Scale of Primary School Students

  12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Education

EXPERIMENTAL

Digital privacy literacy training will be provided in 8 sessions over a 12-week period.

Behavioral: Education

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No educational intervention

Interventions

Education BEHAVIORAL

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.

Education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ataturk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ataturk University

Erzurum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Türkan Kadiroğlu, PhD

  Ataturk University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Data collection tools will be collected by an interviewer independent of the research.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2025
• First Posted: March 20, 2025
• Study Start: October 10, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2024
• Study Completion: December 20, 2024
• Last Updated: June 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)