Expanding the Unidirectional View on Parental Television Mediation: Children’s Guidance of Their Parent’s Television Use

Compared to parental mediation research, much less is known about how children influence and guide their parents' media use. This study examined whether children also mediate the television use of their parents. Measures of an existing television mediation scale were reversed to the perspective...

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Published in:Journal of broadcasting & electronic media Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 232 - 250
Main Authors: Nelissen, Sara, Van den Bulck, Jan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 03.04.2018
Subjects:
Children
Children & youth
Childrens television
Factor analysis
Internal validity
Mediation
Parent-child relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Television
Television viewing
ISSN:0883-8151, 1550-6878
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Summary:Compared to parental mediation research, much less is known about how children influence and guide their parents' media use. This study examined whether children also mediate the television use of their parents. Measures of an existing television mediation scale were reversed to the perspective of the child guiding the parent's television use. A sample of 187 parent-child dyads completed a cross-sectional survey in Flanders (Belgium). Factor analyses showed that the original subscales were reproduced with high internal validity. Both parents and children had congruent views about children's television mediation; television mediation and children's restrictive mediation was positively associated with conflict in the family.
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ISSN:0883-8151
1550-6878
DOI:10.1080/08838151.2018.1451855