Growing Up in Digital Europe

This open access book examines timely issues of integrated, international, and harmonized longitudinal research on child development and wellbeing. It describes the unique approach of the Growing up in Digital Europe (GUIDE) study, which is rooted in robust scientific inquiry and provides a solid evidence base for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers focused on child development in a digital world. Chapters employ a parallel structure, including background on each GUIDE topic as well as a summary of the current state of, future directions in, and recommendations for additional research. The book offers several select case studies that provide synergy and coherency across the chapters.Key areas of coverage include:Holistic understanding of child wellbeing.Child development in the digital age.Child-centered research approaches.Cross-national harmonized questionnaire development.Potential for data linkage and biological data.Ethical considerations in an age of digital data.Fieldwork best practices, including translation.Sampling frames across diverse jurisdictions.Growing up in Digital Europe is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as policy makers, educators, and related professionals in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, family studies, clinical social work, migration studies, health psychology, economics, and all related disciplines.

Laura K. Taylor, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin. Her research explores the effects of conflict on children's and adolescents' behaviors, including aggression, prosocial actions, and social identity. With more than 20 years of experience in academia and the public sector, she has published more than 110 peer-reviewed works. Jessica Surdey, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a Research Fellow and lecturer at University College Dublin and is Deputy Director of the UCD Centre for the Advancement of Wellbeing in Education. Her research focuses on wellbeing in higher education. She has 16 years of international and interdisciplinary experience in policy, educational practice, and intervention research. Seaneen Sloan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Education, Deputy Head of the School of Education, Director of the UCD Centre for the Advancement of Wellbeing, and GUIDE Co-Director. She has over 20 years' experience in academic research and has led and supported over 25 research projects on child and youth wellbeing, including longitudinal cohort studies, randomized controlled trials, qualitative and mixed methods studies, and systematic reviews.