Youngsters and oldsters

Values, Youngsters, and the Future Web

This paper looks at the web as a value-promoter for youngsters a means to instill “positive” principles, feelings, and attitudes in young people, at individual and social level. We discuss through a number of examples how this view can be achieved today with the current web technology. We also propose that the development of methodologies that support the design of value-centered web experience...

Cyberbullying: Youngsters' Experiences and Parental Perception

This paper describes a survey on the prevalence and nature of cyberbullying of and by youngsters and the parental perceptions. Two questionnaires, one for youngsters and one for their parents, were sent to 1,211 final-year pupils of primary schools and first-year pupils of all levels of secondary schools and their parents. Pupils completed the questionnaires in their classroom, and parents comp...

Family functioning and psychosocial adjustment in overweight youngsters.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationship between family functioning and psychosocial adjustment in Dutch overweight children and adolescents. METHOD Seventy-three overweight (weight-for-height >P90) and 70 normal-weight youngsters between the ages of 10 and 16 years were recruited by school physicians during routine medical screening. The Family Dimension Scale, the Child Behavior Checklist, the...

Learning Robotics for Youngsters - The RoboParty Experience

Cyberbullying among youngsters: profiles of bullies and victims