Factors Contributing to Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Participation in Web-Based Challenges: Survey Study

Autor: Khasawneh, Amro, Chalil Madathil, Kapil, Zinzow, Heidi, Rosopa, Patrick, Natarajan, Gitanjali, Achuthan, Krishnashree, Narasimhan, Meera
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, Vol 4, Iss 1, p e24988 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2561-6722
DOI: 10.2196/24988
Popis: BackgroundWeb-based challenges, phenomena that are familiar to adolescents and young adults who spend large amounts of time on social media, range from minimally harmful behaviors intended to support philanthropic endeavors to significantly harmful behaviors that may culminate in injury or death. ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the beliefs that lead adolescents and young adults to participate in these activities by analyzing the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ice bucket challenge, representing nonharmful behaviors associated with web-based challenges, and the cinnamon challenge, representing web-based challenges that lead to harmful behaviors. MethodsA retrospective quantitative study was conducted with a total of 471 participants aged between 13 and 35 years who either had participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge or the cinnamon challenge, or had never participated in any web-based challenge. Binomial logistic regression models were used to classify those who participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge or cinnamon challenge versus those who did not engage in either challenge using the integrated behavioral model’s beliefs as predictors. ResultsThe findings showed that participants of both the cinnamon challenge and the ALS ice bucket challenge had significantly greater expectations from the public to participate in the challenge they completed in comparison with individuals who never participated in any challenge (P=.01 for the cinnamon challenge and P=.003 for the ALS ice bucket challenge). Cinnamon challenge participants had greater value for the outcomes of the challenge (P
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