TY - JOUR
T1 - Online Requests to Run Away
T2 - Prevalence from a Nationally Representative Sample of Youth
AU - O’Brien, Jennifer E.
AU - Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret
AU - Mitchell, Kimberly J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - The current study explored the prevalence and characteristics of online requests to run away among a nationally representative sample of youth. The three Youth Internet Safety Surveys (YISS-1, YISS-2, and YISS-3) are detailed and structured telephone questionnaires designed to quantify youth experiences with others via the Internet. A total of 4511 youth were surveyed about their online experiences, including receiving a request to run away. Findings reveal that online requests to run away are rare (n = 36) and that the majority of requests to run away came from peers that youth already knew in person. An important implication of the current study is the inclusion of online risks, including being asked to run away via the Internet, as a topic in extant safety trainings for youth. Understanding how such experiences fit into the broader context of peer relationships and interactions is an important next step.
AB - The current study explored the prevalence and characteristics of online requests to run away among a nationally representative sample of youth. The three Youth Internet Safety Surveys (YISS-1, YISS-2, and YISS-3) are detailed and structured telephone questionnaires designed to quantify youth experiences with others via the Internet. A total of 4511 youth were surveyed about their online experiences, including receiving a request to run away. Findings reveal that online requests to run away are rare (n = 36) and that the majority of requests to run away came from peers that youth already knew in person. An important implication of the current study is the inclusion of online risks, including being asked to run away via the Internet, as a topic in extant safety trainings for youth. Understanding how such experiences fit into the broader context of peer relationships and interactions is an important next step.
KW - Internet
KW - Run away
KW - Safety
KW - YISS
KW - Youth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164763887&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s42448-019-00025-6
DO - 10.1007/s42448-019-00025-6
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AN - SCOPUS:85164763887
SN - 2524-5236
VL - 2
SP - 183
EP - 197
JO - International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
JF - International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
IS - 3
ER -