Parental Awareness and Monitoring of Adolescent Internet Use

Liau, Albert K.; Khoo, Angeline; Ang, Peng Hwa

doi:10.1007/s12144-008-9038-6

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“…The Byrne et al (2014) study did not find any effect of the child's gender on parent's underestimation of online risks. The Liau et al (2008) study found that parental knowledge about the adolescents' frequency of internet use was lowest among fathers with regard to their son's internet use. In all the other parent-child gender constellations, a comparable level of parental knowledge was found.…”

Section: Extent Of Parental Knowledgementioning

confidence: 96%

“…Five prior studies like this have been identified, each pointing to a parental underestimation of the child's problematic internet use and potentially harmful experiences. Studies conducted in the US by Cho and Cheon (2005) and in Singapore by Liau et al (2008) found a discrepancy between parents' beliefs about their child's exposure to inappropriate internet content (referring to violent, aggressive and pornographic content) and the child's own reported exposure to such material. Also, the UK results of the EU kids online study (Livingstone and Bober 2004) found that children systematically report higher levels of problematic online experiences as compared to what is perceived by their parents (e.g., visiting pornographic websites or giving out personal information online).…”

Section: Extent Of Parental Knowledgementioning

confidence: 98%

“…The literature suggests that parents tend to report more monitoring and knowledge-related behaviors than adolescents but that adolescents' reports are more strongly related to behavioral outcomes than their parents' reports (Abar et al 2015). Also, with regard to internet use, parents are found to report more monitoring practices such as rule-setting, technical mediation, safety communication and supervision (Liau et al 2008;Wang et al 2005;Sonck et al 2013) than adolescents. Future research could take into account the relevance of parent-child discrepancies in reports on monitoring practices in terms of parental knowledge.…”

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Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

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Ponnet

Emmery³

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J Youth Adolescence

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Parental knowledge about adolescents' activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adolescent adjustment. While research on parental knowledge has focused on adolescents' offline behavior, there is little empirical understanding of parental knowledge about adolescents' online behavior. This study investigates parental knowledge about adolescents' online activities and experiences with online risks, as well as the correlates of such knowledge. Building on former research, open communication and knowledge-generating monitoring practices are investigated as potential correlates of parental knowledge. Use is made of triadic data, relying on reports from children aged 13 to 18, mothers and fathers within the same family (N = 357 families; 54.9 % female adolescents). The results showed that parents have little knowledge about the occurrence of online risks and their children's online activities. While mothers did not have more accurate knowledge compared to fathers, they did perceive themselves to be more knowledgeable than fathers. Associations between parental knowledge and hypothesized correlates were tested by means of one-way ANOVA tests and stepwise logistic regression models. Limited evidence was found for associations with parents' accurate knowledge about the occurrence of online risks. Engagement in knowledge-generating monitoring practices was linked to mothers and fathers' self-perceived knowledge about their children's online activities. For mothers, open communication with the child was linked to self-perceived knowledge. The findings suggest that parents need to be more aware of the possibility that online risks might occur and that more research needs to be done in order to understand what parents can do to improve their accurate knowledge.

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Section: Extent Of Parental Knowledgementioning

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Section: Extent Of Parental Knowledgementioning

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Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

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J Youth Adolescence

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“…Les adolescents qui font un usage régulier d'Internet (Liau et al, 2008) sont de plus en plus exposés à l'offre de JHA en ligne (Welte et al, 2004 ;Van Hamel et al, 2007). Ceci est inquiétant puisqu'il est reconnu que les jeunes seraient plus vulnérables que les adultes en ce qui concerne le développement de problèmes de jeu (Chambers et Potenza, 2003 ;Derevensky et al, 2003 ;Messerlian et al, 2004 ;Huang et Boyer, 2007 ;Messerlian et al, 2007 ;Dickson et al, 2008 ;Hansen et Rossow, 2008 ;Molde et al, 2009).…”

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Relation entre les jeux virtuels de hasard et d’argent et certaines conduites déviantes chez des jeunes du Québec

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“…This issue necessitates further understanding on the factors that contribute to adolescents' growing positive attitude towards online games. Studies show that the time spent playing online games has significantly increased in Malaysia over the last decade (Kapahi et al 2013;Liau et al 2008). Given that adolescents are increasingly spending longer hours of their time on playing online games, parents have started to be more concerned about this issue.…”

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Utility of Parental Mediation Model on Youth’s Problematic Online Gaming

Benrazavi

Teimouri

Griffiths

2015

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The Parental Mediation Model (PMM) was initially designed to regulate children's attitudes towards the traditional media. In the present era, because of prevalent online media there is a need for similar regulative measures. Spending long hours on social media and playing online games increase the risks of exposure to the negative outcomes of online gaming. This paper initially applied the PMM developed by European Kids Online to (i) test the reliability and validity of this model and (ii) identify the effectiveness of this model in controlling problematic online gaming (POG). The data were collected from 592 participants comprising 296 parents and 296 students of four foreign universities, aged 16 to 22 years in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The study found that the modified model of the five-factor PMM (Technical mediation, Monitoring mediation, Restrictive mediation, Active Mediation of Internet Safety, and Active mediation of Internet Use) functions as a predictor for mitigating POG. The findings suggest the existence of a positive relation between 'monitoring' and 'restrictive' mediation strategies and exposure to POG while Active Mediation of Internet Safety and Active mediation of Internet use were insignificant predictors. Results showed a higher utility of 'technical' strategies by the parents led to less POG. The findings of this study do not support the literature suggesting active mediation is more effective for reducing youth's risky behaviour. Instead, parents need Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Parental Awareness and Monitoring of Adolescent Internet Use

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Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

Relation entre les jeux virtuels de hasard et d’argent et certaines conduites déviantes chez des jeunes du Québec

Utility of Parental Mediation Model on Youth’s Problematic Online Gaming

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