RT Journal Article T1 The safety area of digital competence: a mixed method study in Galician Primary Education students A1 Vila Couñago, Esther A1 Regueira, Uxía A1 Pernas Morado, Eulogio K1 Digital competence K1 Digital divide K1 Digital safety K1 Mixed method research AB This article aims to evaluate the safety area of digital competence in pre-adolescents schooled in primary education as well as to understand the processes that interfere with the development of that area. A mixed research methodology was used through an exploratory sequential design with a qualitative phase (multiple case study) followed by quantitative phase (assessment test on safety). Particularly noteworthy among the results obtained is the influence of the family on the subcompetence of health protection as it is the one that worries families the most and where students score the highest on the test conducted PB IEEE SN 1932-8540 YR 2020 FD 2020-11-04 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45697 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45697 LA eng NO Vila-Couñago, E., Regueira, U. Pernas-Morado, E. (2020). The Safety Area of Digital Competence: A MixedMethod Study in Galician Primary Education Students. IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias delAprendizaje, 15 (4). https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2020.3033218 NO © 2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works DS Minerva RD 27 may 2026