Digital boundaries: A study on WeChat parent-child relationships among Chinese college students and their association with family factors

• Published in: PloS one 2024-12, Vol.19 (12), p.e0311494
• Main Authors: Feng, Zhao, Hu, Chun-Mei, He, Ling-Ling
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Asian People - psychology; Biology and Life Sciences; China; Chinese culture; College students; Communication; Computer and Information Sciences; Culture; Data mining; Education; Evaluation; Families & family life; Family Conflict - psychology; Female; Home and school; Humans; Information management; Internet; Male; Middle age; Parent and child; Parent participation; Parent-Child Relations; Parenting; Parenting - psychology; Parents; Parents & parenting; People and Places; Privacy; Social aspects; Social media; Social networks; Social Sciences; Students; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Universities; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311494

This study aims to investigate the current state of WeChat parent-child relationships among college students and their association with family factors. Using convenient sampling, 6159 students,age from 18 to 25,the participants were selected from colleges of Chengdu to complete a questionnaire survey on response and attitudes towards parents' WeChat friend requests, Family APGAR Index,Parental Management Scale,Family Conflict Scale,were used as measurement tools. Responses to parental WeChat friend requests showed significant positive correlations with higher levels of family function satisfaction (r = 0.10, P