1. Media violence and adolescents’ ADHD-related behaviors: The role of parental mediation
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Nikkelen, Sanne W C, Vossen, H.G.M., Piotrowski, J. T., Valkenburg, Patti M., Leerstoel Dekovic, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Leerstoel Dekovic, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Youth & Media Entertainment (ASCoR, FMG), FMG, and Communication
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Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies) ,Communication ,05 social sciences ,050801 communication & media studies ,050109 social psychology ,16. Peace & justice ,Developmental psychology ,Media violence ,0508 media and communications ,Media use ,Survey data collection ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Parental mediation ,Psychology ,Social psychology - Abstract
We examined the role of parental media mediation in the relationship between media violence and adolescents’ ADHD-related behaviors. Survey data from 1,017 adolescents (10–14 years) show that parents can play an important role in this relationship, depending on the media mediation strategies that they use (i.e., restrictive or active mediation) and how they apply these strategies (i.e., in a controlling, inconsistent, or autonomy-supportive way). Our findings support the notion that contextual factors are critical in understanding media effects, and provide directions for how parents can manage their adolescents’ violent media use, and possibly by extension, their ADHD-related behaviors.
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- 2016