Digital Media Literacy Group for Adolescents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prospective Multicenter Single-Arm Feasibility Study.
Adolescents' self-rated ability to recognize misinformation increased after a digital media literacy group
Digital Media Literacy Group for Adolescents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prospective Multicenter Single-Arm Feasibility Study.
Digital media literacy (digital media literacy) may help adolescents to handle online risks, misinformation, digital violence, and problematic media use more reflectively.
This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived usefulness of a manualized digital media literacy group for adolescents in child and adolescent psychiatry and explored preliminary changes in digital self-efficacy and critical media literacy (critical media literacy).
A prospective single-arm feasibility study with an embedded pretest-posttest and session-level process evaluation was conducted across 3 child and adolescent psychiatry clinics in Germany.
more teens felt able to spot misinformation after the group, a moderate gain
Overall, adolescents attended a median of 2 modules (IQR 1-3; mean 2.46, SD 1.65, range 1-6), and 45 attended at least 3 modules.
Retrospective T2 ratings indicated moderate to high helpfulness (n=38; mean 3.55, SD 1.18; median 4.0, IQR 3.0-4.0) and satisfaction (n=38; mean 3.79, SD 1.07; median 4.0, IQR 3.0-5.0), with no significant differences between completers and noncompleters for helpfulness (U=125.00; P=.60) or satisfaction (U=122.00; P=.53).
Our manualized digital media literacy group was feasible and acceptable in routine child and adolescent psychiatry. Open-group delivery and variable treatment stays limited intervention exposure and data completeness.
Findings suggest that brief digital media literacy groups may address safety- and knowledge-oriented competencies, but controlled mixed methods studies with systematic recruitment and missing-data documentation are needed.