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Investigating longitudinal and bidirectional relationships between parental factors and time spent on social media during early adolescence.
- Source :
- New Media & Society; Mar2024, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p1610-1626, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This three-wave panel study examined the prospective and bidirectional relationships between parental control of social media use, and parents' and adolescents' perceived time spent on social media over a 2-year period. Adolescents (52% males, T1: M <subscript>age</subscript> = 12.19, SD = 0.52) and one of their parents (96% mothers, T1: M <subscript>age</subscript> = 45.26, SD = 4.28) completed annual surveys (T1: N = 498, T2: N = 477 and T3: N = 440). Data were analysed using cross-lagged panel models. More adolescent time spent on social media predicted small decreases in parental control 1 year later, but parental control did not predict adolescent time on social media. More parental time spent on social media predicted small increases in adolescent time spent on social media 1 year later, but adolescent use did not predict parent use. Examining factors related to parental use, rather than restriction, may be more effective to reduce adolescents' social media use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL media
SOCIAL control
ADOLESCENCE
PANEL analysis
CONTROL (Psychology)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14614448
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- New Media & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175700597
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221076155