 Relationship between internet attitude and internet self-efficacy: ICT competence and network interaction as mediatorsDi Wu, Xiao Yang, Chun Lu, Miaoyun Li, Meiqian Wang and Wei Yang Children and Youth Services Review, 2023, vol. 149, issue C Abstract: Exploring mechanisms to enhance students’ internet self-efficacy is of great importance for improving students’ online learning. This study examined the relationship between internet attitude and internet self-efficacy along with the mediating roles of information and communication technologies (ICT) competence and network interaction. The sample included 931 K-12 students from 18 classes in Hubei Province, China. Multilevel regression analysis revealed that ICT competence and network interaction play critical and comparable mediating roles in the relationship between internet attitude and self-efficacy, accounting for about half of the total effects. These findings indicate that improving student ICT competence and facilitating their network interactions during the learning process are effective alternative ways to develop K-12 students’ internet self-efficacy. Keywords: Internet self-efficacy; Internet attitude; ICT competence; Network interaction; Mediation effect (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:149:y:2023:i:c:s0190740923001111 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106916 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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