The examination of parent-adolescent communication motives, relational maintenance and intimacy in the uses of communication technologies

Parent-Adolescent Communication in a Digital World: A 100-Day Diary Study

“…Several quantitative studies have examined how often parents and adolescents communicate online, but most used a cross-sectional design (e.g., Chang, 2015;Jensen, George, et al, 2021;Lenhart et al, 2010;Manago et al, 2020), which may result in biased insights due to recall. To overcome this bias, one observational study among emerging adults examined texting frequency with parents (Jensen, George, et al, 2021).…”

“…Even when not in each other's presence, parents may use it as a digital leash or to protect and support their adolescents (Licoppe, 2004;Ribak, 2009). The small body of research on parent-adolescent online communication indicated that a little more than half of adolescents texted their parents at least once a day (e.g., Chang, 2015;Lenhart et al, 2010;Padilla-Walker et al, 2012). In contrast, our study revealed that only 1.6% of adolescents communicated with their parents online every day throughout the study period.…”

Types of messages used by mothers to communicate the children: conversation analysis

“…Thus, this paper is trying to prove if the strategies explained by Waldron are relevant, as well as to see if moral understanding given when parents are correcting children's misbehaving is also part of parents protecting the identity of the children (Chang & Po Chien, 2015;Cote et al, 2021;North & Kotzé, 2001;Winarti, 2018). In sum, this paper examines how a mother gives moral learning to their children aged 6 and 8 by using the Conversation Analysis method to evaluate if Waldron's research is relevant to the daily interaction between parents and children in giving morality lessons (Garfinkel, 2016;James & Drakich, 1993).…”