Parental Monitoring of the Internet Activity of Young Children and Preadolescents

• Authors: Hanna Przybyła-Basista , Anna Kołodziej

Abstracts

EN

This study explores the influence of three psychological factors of the parental monitoring of children’s Internet activity: (i) parents’ perception of the Internet as a source of threat and risk, (ii) parents’ perception of the Internet as a source of benefits, and (iii) family closeness. The sample consisted of 161 parents (20 fathers and 141 mothers) of children aged 7 - 12. Results show that family closeness is the most significant predictor for parental monitoring. The second significant predictor is parents’ perception of the Internet as a source of threat or risk. As expected, the predictors for parental monitoring of children’s Internet activity depend on children’s age.

Keywords

EN

Internet activity; parental monitoring; children; preadolescents

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 36
• Pages: 315-325

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Hanna Przybyła-Basista

• University of Silesia

author

Anna Kołodziej

• University of Silesia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.14.36.2.25

Biblioteka Nauki

2031653