The creation of a new online world made learning and living beyond the imaginary that demand digital citizenship practices to warrant the ability to cope with constantly evolving online challenges and risks, such as psychological issues, cyber perpetrators, and cyber victimization issues. Despite digital citizenship active immersion in today’s education world, little attention has been paid to investigating how these immersions have shaped the digital citizenship practice level of high school students, particularly in the Malaysian context. Little is also known about digital citizenship’s relationship with this vulnerable group’s holistic wellness. Hence, this study examines Malaysian students’ perception of their digital citizenship practices in nine elements. Using multistage probability sampling techniques, 398 students from the Central Region States were sampled. Findings revealed, students were moderately practicing digital citizenship, and the most infrequent elements are Digital Access and Digital Health and Wellness. Shockingly, 90% of students indicated they never joined any initiatives related to internet safety knowledge, and 78.6% never attended any basic ICT literacy or Computer Science classes provided at the school. Findings also suggest frequent practicing digital citizenship significantly contributes to students’ wellness. Recommendations are further discussed in this paper.
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