Enabling young elementary-school children to ask questions on a school-based internet forum operated by educational psychologists

Sarit Alkalay; Avivit Dolev

doi:10.1002/pits.22905

Enabling young elementary-school children to ask questions on a school-based internet forum operated by educational psychologists

Sarit Alkalay, Avivit Dolev

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Abstract

The present study describes the successful operation of an online forum designed to answer questions posted by Israeli elementary-school children during an emergency exercise. Analysis of 212 posts revealed that being younger predict higher levels of emotional intensity. Younger children are 3.561 times more likely than older children to have an increase in emotional intensity. Overall, the model accounted for 5.5% of the variance in emotional intensity. School-based online forums may be used as a universal screening method to enable school staff to identify children exhibiting enhanced emotional intensity. Given the restrictions on face-to-face interactions that are occasionally necessitated by the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, this approach is particularly relevant nowadays. Detailed appendices are provided to help plan, initiate, and run such forums.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2932-2952
Number of pages	21
Journal	Psychology in the Schools
Volume	60
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22905
State	Published - Aug 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

elementary-school
emotional intensity
internet forum

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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