Journal article
Barriers to mediation among U.S. parents of adolescents: A mixed-methods study of why parents choose not to monitor or restrict digital media use
Computers in human behavior, Vol.153, 108093
04/2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.108093
Abstract
This mixed-methods study considers why parents do not establish or maintain strategies to manage adolescents' media use. In focus groups and interviews, U.S. parents of adolescents (ages 10–17 years) described barriers including beliefs, attitudes, and values; concerns about family conflicts; and social-structural factors, such as burnout from other professional and parenting demands or how the actions of other parents constrained their own opportunities for mediation. We used this exploratory thematic analysis to develop a questionnaire tested with a national survey of U.S. parents. In factor analysis, barriers items clustered together as mediation roadblocks, issues that keep parents from initiating or continuing mediation even when they intend to; and mediation resistance, when parents question mediation practice that did not align with values like support for adolescent autonomy. Parents were much more likely to agree that values-based resistance to mediation was a barrier to monitoring or restricting adolescent media use. In addition, parents with older children and parents whose children reported that they had a controlling parenting style were more likely to agree with monitoring and restrictive mediation roadblocks. Our findings demonstrate that parental mediation research should consider how parents’ values align, or contrast with, recommended practices and how the barriers parents encounter can be addressed to enable effective mediation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Barriers to mediation among U.S. parents of adolescents: A mixed-methods study of why parents choose not to monitor or restrict digital media use
- Creators
- Rachel Young - University of IowaMelissa Tully - University of IowaLeandra Parris - William & MaryMarizen Ramirez - University of MinnesotaMallory Bolenbaugh - University of IowaAshley Hernandez - University of Minnesota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Computers in human behavior, Vol.153, 108093
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chb.2023.108093
- ISSN
- 0747-5632
- eISSN
- 1873-7692
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100008949, name: Injury Prevention Research Center, award: 49 CE002108-05
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/2023
- Date published
- 04/2024
- Academic Unit
- Office Of The Provost; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984539756802771
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