The Reciprocal Relationship Between Parental eHealth Literacy Mediation and Adolescents' eHealth Literacy: Three-Wave Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The online environment provides adolescents with vast amounts of health-related information; however, navigating this effectively requires high levels of eHealth literacy to avoid misinformation and harmful content. Parental guidance is often considered a crucial factor in shaping adolescents' online health behaviors; however, there is limited longitudinal research examining how parental eHealth literacy mediation influences adolescents' development of eHealth literacy over time.

Objective

This study aims to examine the reciprocal relationship between parental eHealth literacy mediation and adolescents' eHealth literacy. It also investigates whether parental education moderates this relationship, specifically exploring whether higher levels of parental education e

SUBMITTER: Tercova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12186006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature