Fall-Behind Parents? The Influential Factors on Digital Parenting Self-Efficacy in Disadvantaged Communities

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ID3757547
AutoresGejun Huang (0000-0002-1059-4354, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, autor correspondente), Xiaoqian Li (0000-0002-7079-514X, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), LI Xiao-qian (0000-0003-4757-4776, The University of Texas at Austin), Wenhong Chen (0000-0003-0521-2267, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), Joseph Straubhaar (0000-0001-8285-1498, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA)
Ano2018
Volume62
Fascículo9
Páginas1186-1206
Data de publicação2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764218773820
OpenAlexW2799754722
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas50

As the Internet penetration in the United States increases, many digital divide researchers have delved into the parent-child dynamics regarding family digital access and use. However, little attention has been paid to digital parenting in terms of monitoring, guiding, and regulating children's digital lives, especially in the context of disadvantaged communities. As an initial step to fill the critical gaps in related literature, this study casts light on factors that affect the self-efficacy of digital parenting in disadvantaged urban communities. Using a census survey of public housing households in one of the largest public housing authorities in the United States, we found that single motherhood and home Internet access significantly accounted for low-socioeconomic status parents' digital parenting self-efficacy. We also found that parental engagement in children's school activities strongly affected their digital parenting self-efficacy. By contrast, we found that other sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors (i.e., gender, education, race/ethnicity), mobile Internet access, parents' homework help, and educational expectation fail to be contributing factors

Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Digital divide · Disadvantaged · Ethnic group · Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · The Internet · Child Development and Digital Technology · Demography · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology