Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence

Meyran Boniel-Nissim (), Izabela Tabak (), Joanna Mazur (), Alberto Borraccino (), Fiona Brooks (), Rob Gommans (), Winfried Sluijs (), Emese Zsiros (), Wendy Craig (), Yossi Harel-Fisch () and Emily Finne ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 2, 189-198

Abstract: Communication with parents seems to buffer the negative effects of EM use on LS during adolescence. Higher computer use was related to lower LS, but “optimal” frequency of EM communication with friends was country specific. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Life satisfaction; Adolescents; Computer use; Supportive communication with parents; Cross-national study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0636-9

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