Does It Matter What Mama Says: Evaluating the Role of Parental Mediation in European Adolescents’ Excessive Internet Use |
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| Authors: | Veronika Kalmus Lukas Blinka Kjartan Ólafsson |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia;2. Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic;3. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the relationship between adolescents’ excessive Internet use (EIU) and parental mediation. A random stratified sample of 11‐ to 16‐year olds (N = 18 709) and their parents from 25 European countries (EU Kids Online II project) was analysed to explore to what extent different types of parental mediation and other factors predict EIU. Active parental involvement in the child's Internet use (when the child had experienced online harm) and restrictive mediation were associated with lower EIU. Harmful online experiences, time spent online, scope of online activities and adolescents’ age predicted higher EIU. |
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| Keywords: | adolescents excessive Internet use Internet addiction parental mediation parenting styles |
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