Mixed Messages

Inconsistent Parental Mediation Indirectly Predicts Teens’ Online Relational Aggression

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12755682
AutoresNicole Martins (0000-0002-5228-5453, Indiana University Bloomington, autor de correspondencia), Marie-Louise Mares (0000-0002-0811-3056, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Amy I Nathanson (0000-0003-3347-8660, The Ohio State University)
Año2019
Volumen19
Número4
Páginas311-328
Fecha de publicación2019-08-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1526-7431 • E-ISSN: 1532-7698
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15267431.2019.1649264
OpenAlexW2967897411
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas47

Although the predictors of off-line relational aggression have been examined in prior work, less is known about the factors that contribute to online relational aggression perpetration and victimization. This study examined parental restrictive and active mediation of teenagers’ social media use as potential predictors of these outcomes. We were particularly interested in understanding whether parental agreement about media rules and the consistency with which mediation was implemented had implications for teens’ social media use, conflict with parents, and experience with online relational aggression. We conducted an online survey of 814 adolescents from the United States (14- to17-year-olds), asking about perceived agreement between parents about media rules, parental mediation styles, the teens’ social media use, and their experiences with online relational aggression. Results showed that parental rule agreement negatively predicted inconsistent parental mediation. Inconsistent parental mediation predicted more adolescent social media use and more parent-teen conflict over media rules, which in turn, predicted both online victimization and perpetration

Aggression · Consistency (knowledge bases · Developmental psychology · Mediation · Social media · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology