Prospective associations between media parenting practices and adolescent video game use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the rise of adolescent video gaming, evidence-based parenting guidelines and research on its specific behavioral impacts remain limited. This study evaluated whether media parenting practices are prospectively associated with video game use in adolescents 1 and 2 years later.

Methods

We analyzed 7407 adolescents (51.6% male, age: 12.9 ± 0.6 years) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (year 3: 2019-2021 to year 5: 2021-2023). Multiple mixed-effects ordinal logistic regression and generalized linear models assessed the associations between parent media practices (screen time modeling, mealtime screen use, bedroom screen use, use to control behavior, monitoring and limiting) and video game behaviors (mature-rated games, problematic use and we

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12871385 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature