Does It Matter What Mama Says: Evaluating the Role of Parental Mediation in European Adolescents’ Excessive Internet Use

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Authors

KALMUS Veronika BLINKA Lukas ÓLAFSSON Kjartan

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Children & Society
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chso.12020/epdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.12020
Field Psychology
Keywords adolescents; excessive Internet use; Internet addiction; parental mediation; parenting styles
Description This study investigated the relationship between adolescents’ excessive Internet use (EIU) and parental mediation. A random stratified sample of 11- to 16-year olds (N = 18 709) and their parents from 25 European countries (EU Kids Online II project) was analysed to explore to what extent different types of parental mediation and other factors predict EIU. Active parental involvement in the child's Internet use (when the child had experienced online harm) and restrictive mediation were associated with lower EIU. Harmful online experiences, time spent online, scope of online activities and adolescents’ age predicted higher EIU.
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