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A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Child Well-Being in the Digital Age Based on Panel Data across Europe (Di-C-WELL)


Sagrestano, Lynda/Düval, Sabine/Feldhaus, Michael/Huebner, Mathias/Kuger, Susanne/Spieß, C. Katharina/Walper, Sabine (2026):
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Child Well-Being in the Digital Age Based on Panel Data across Europe (Di-C-WELL).
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The development and upbringing of children have been transformed by digitalization and digitality, presenting both risks and opportunities for children’s health and well-being. Understanding child development across Europe is limited by a lack of comparable longitudinal data. This paper introduces the Di-C-Well conceptual framework to guide future panel research on child well-being in the digital era. Di-C-Well integrates psychological, sociological, educational, and economic perspectives, examining child well-being across family, peer, institutional, and broader environmental contexts. The framework provides a theoretically grounded basis for cross-country research using harmonized measures, emphasizing the need for new data infrastructures focusing on children and adolescents throughout Europe.