4. Research goals and hypotheses
Our literature review suggests that the newly developed construct of ICT engagement comprises at least three related dimensions: ICT-related interest, Self-Concept related to the use of ICT, and Social exposure to ICT. Based on our conceptualization, we developed a new questionnaire for measuring the various dimensions of ICT engagement. The measure was designed to tap in particular the ICT engagement of adolescents. Unlike children they can be expected to show relative stable interests (cf. Gottfried, Fleming, & Gottfried, 2001; Patrick, 1997). Thus, their ICT engagement is supposed to be quite stable and should affect ICT-related behavior also in the long-term.