To enhance digital resilience among youth affected by cyberbullying through a design thinking framework that integrates empowerment and participatory design.
Approach:
Digital Resilience: Focuses on empowering youth with skills and resources to navigate online challenges effectively.
Empowerment: Strengthens agency, participation, and self-efficacy among youth.
Nudge Theory: Shapes supportive environments to encourage positive behavioral responses.
Participatory Design: Engages youth as co-creators to ensure culturally responsive and locally grounded solutions.
Design Thinking: Utilizes a human-centered approach to develop innovative interventions based on youth experiences.
Key Findings:
Cyberbullying affects a significant portion of youth, with prevalence rates in Thailand ranging from 20% to 49%.
Digital resilience is crucial for youth to cope with online adversities, which can lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
Participatory design empowers youth by involving them in the co-creation of solutions.
Interpretation:
The integration of digital resilience, empowerment, and design thinking provides a framework for addressing cyberbullying among youth.
Limitations:
Limited integration of design thinking in Southeast Asian educational contexts.
Existing interventions are often adult-led and may not fully capture local complexities.
Conclusion:
A multifaceted strategy that combines social innovation, technology, and youth participation is proposed for addressing cyberbullying.
