Media regulation strategies in parents of 4- to 16-year-old children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since children can only control and limit their own media use to a limited extent, it is often the parents who regulate their children's media use. However, there is insufficient research on which strategies they use and on how these strategies are related to socio-demographic and behavioral parameters.

Methods

The parental media regulation strategies co-use, active mediation, restrictive mediation, monitoring, and technical mediation were assessed in a sample of 563 four- to 16-year-old children and adolescents from middle to high social strata participating in the German cohort study LIFE Child. We investigated cross-sectional associations with socio-demographic characteristics (age and sex of child, age of parent, and socio-economic status (SES)) and other beha

SUBMITTER: Poulain T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature