The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet Restriction on Adolescents' Risk of Online Harassment
The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet Restriction on Adolescents' Risk of Online Harassment
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-014-0242-4
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Romer, Daniel
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作者：
Khurana, Atika;Bleakley, Amy;Romer, Daniel
随着许多青少年使用互联网与同龄人交流，青少年中的网络骚扰呈上升趋势。本研究的目的是了解家长监控和家长用来规范儿童互联网使用的策略（即互联网限制）如何帮助减少青少年的网络骚扰。在线调查数据是从具有全国代表性的父母及其 12-17 岁青少年样本中收集的（n = 629；49% 为女性）。使用结构方程模型来测试父母监控和互联网限制对成为在线骚扰受害者的直接和间接影响。潜在的中介因素包括青少年使用社交网站的频率、在校外使用电脑的时间以及青少年卧室内的互联网接入情况。还探讨了年龄和性别差异。青少年对父母监控和规范特定形式的互联网使用的努力的报告与在线骚扰率的降低有关。具体来说，家长监控的效果在很大程度上是直接的，比家长互联网限制的效果高 26 倍。后者仅通过限制青少年卧室的互联网访问而间接降低骚扰率。这些效应对于年轻和年长的青少年以及男性和女性的作用相似。青少年对父母监控和认识的看法可以防止网络骚扰。规范上网时间和内容等具体限制策略也有助于降低网络骚扰的风险。
With many adolescents using the internet to communicate with their peers, online harassment is on the rise among youth. The purpose of this study was to understand how parental monitoring and strategies parents use to regulate children's internet use (i.e., internet restriction) can help reduce online harassment among adolescents. Online survey data were collected from a nationally representative sample of parents and their 12-17 year old adolescents (n = 629; 49 % female). Structural equation modeling was used to test direct and indirect effects of parental monitoring and internet restriction on being a victim of online harassment. Potential mediators included adolescents' frequency of use of social networking websites, time spent on computers outside of school, and internet access in the adolescent's bedroom. Age and gender differences were also explored. Adolescents' reports of parental monitoring and efforts to regulate specific forms of internet use were associated with reduced rates of online harassment. Specifically, the effect of parental monitoring was largely direct and 26 times greater than parental internet restriction. The latter was associated with lower rates of harassment only indirectly by limiting internet access in the adolescent's bedroom. These effects operated similarly for younger and older adolescents and for males and females. Adolescents' perceptions of parental monitoring and awareness can be protective against online harassment. Specific restriction strategies such as regulating internet time and content can also help reduce the risk of online harassment.