The Relationship between Parental Control and High-Risk Internet Behaviours in Adolescence

David Álvarez-García, Trinidad García and Zara Suárez-García
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David Álvarez-García: Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Plaza Feijóo, s/n, 33003 Oviedo, Spain
Trinidad García: Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Plaza Feijóo, s/n, 33003 Oviedo, Spain
Zara Suárez-García: Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Plaza Feijóo, s/n, 33003 Oviedo, Spain

Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 7, issue 6, 1-7

Abstract: One of the main predictors of being a victim of cyber-aggression is engaging in high-risk behaviours on the internet. The main objective of this research is to analyse the relationship between two types of parental control (restriction and supervision) and engagement in high-risk internet behaviours during adolescence. To that end, and as a secondary objective, we designed and validated the High-risk Internet Behaviours Questionnaire for adolescents, used in this study. We analysed the responses of 946 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 to the High-risk Internet Behaviours Questionnaire and the Questionnaire on Parental Control of Internet Use in Adolescence . The results show that the questionnaire has appropriate metrics of reliability and validity, and show the existence of a statistically significant negative relationship, albeit small, between supervision and engaging in high-risk internet behaviours. We discuss the practical implications of these results.

Keywords: parental control; restriction; supervision; high-risk behaviours; internet; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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