Addictive Internet Use and Parenting Patterns Among Secondary School Students in Guangzhou and Hong Kong

Parenting can possibly prevent addictive Internet use among schoolchildren. To explore such a possibility, this study surveyed 1,771 secondary school students (Grades 10 and 11) in Guangzhou and Hong Kong about their addictive Internet use and the parenting style they experienced. Five distinguishab...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies 2015-08, Vol.24 (8), p.2301-2309
Main Authors: Cheung, Chau-kiu, Yue, Xiao Dong, Wong, Dennis Sing-wing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Addictive Behavior
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Hong Kong
Internet
Original Paper
Parenting
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Psychology
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Social control
Social Sciences
Sociology
Students
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Summary:Parenting can possibly prevent addictive Internet use among schoolchildren. To explore such a possibility, this study surveyed 1,771 secondary school students (Grades 10 and 11) in Guangzhou and Hong Kong about their addictive Internet use and the parenting style they experienced. Five distinguishable patterns emerged from the cluster analysis of three parenting styles, permissive, authoritarian, and flexible parenting. The “high or inconsistent” parenting pattern, which attained high scores in all three parenting styles, exhibited the least degree of addictive Internet use among the students. By contrast, authoritarian parenting pattern resulted in the highest level of addictive Internet use. The variation caused by the parenting patterns far exceeded that caused by parenting styles. The results indicate that balanced parenting will most likely prevent students’ addictive Internet use.
ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-014-0033-2