ReviewJournal of behavioral addictions2023
The relationship between parenting styles and adolescent problematic Internet use: A three-level meta-analysis.
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- The Association between Parental Control and Problematic Internet Use among Adolescents: Three-Level Meta-Analysis and Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of health education on internet addiction, internet use time, and social media addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Factors Associated With Digital Addiction: Umbrella Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Bidirectional perspectives on internet-related family communication: Development and validation of the parent-child internet communication scale (PCICS) and associations with problematic internet use.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Fathers, Conflicts, and Consolation: Longitudinal Associations Between Parent-Child Relationships and Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- The relationship between harsh parenting and adolescent cyberbullying: a network analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Examining the impact of ADHD, pharmacological treatment, and internet addiction on the parent-adolescent relationships quality.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Impact of daily activity allocation on problematic internet use among university students: A compositional perspective.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Parenting Style and Child Internet Addiction in China: Mediation Effect of Parental Active Meditation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Roles of Domestic Violence, Parenting Styles, and Peer Bullying Victimization.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- The effect of physical activities on internet addiction in college students: the mediating effect of self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- From comfortable to conflicted: a three-year longitudinal symptom evolution of problematic Internet use among junior high school students.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The impact of parent-child interaction and adolescent deviant behavior: the sequential mediation of depression and deviant peer affiliation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A Psychometric Examination of the Abbreviated Version of the Parenting Styles Scale Using a Sample of Chilean Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Effect of Parenting Style and Parental Mealtime Actions on the Eating Behavior of Children with Epilepsy.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Family socioeconomic status and young children digital addiction: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Parental Practices of Controlling and Supporting the Autonomy of Elementary School Children and Early Adolescents in Russia: A Qualitative Study.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Harsh Parenting and Smartphone Addiction Among Adolescents: Serial Mediating Role of Depression and Social Pain.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background and aims: Problematic Internet use (PIU) has become a global public health problem. It has been suggested that parenting style is associated with adolescent PIU. However, the evidence in favor of this view is mixed. Based on the PRISMA method, the present study employed three-level meta-analysis approach to investigate the relationship between these two variables and further explore potential moderators. Methods: After a systematic search for published articles, 35 studies were included, reporting 171 effect sizes (N = 40,587). Results: The results showed that positive parenting styles were significantly negatively related to PIU. This association was moderated by gender, age, publication year, and measurements of PIU, but was not by culture and measurements of parenting styles. Negative parenting styles were significantly positively related to PIU, which was moderated by publication year, culture, and sub-types of negative parenting, but not by gender, age, and measurements of both parenting styles and PIU. In addition, the correlation of PIU with negative parenting styles was stronger than that with positive parenting styles. Discussion and Conclusions: The present results demonstrated that parenting styles, especially punitive parenting styles, should be attached to more important when treating adolescent PIU.
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