Parental mediation in pandemic: Predictors and relationship with children's digital skills and time spent online in Ireland

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Highlights：

• During lockdown 46% of parents practiced parental mediation with the same frequency, while 42.6% reported an increase.

• Frequency of parental mediation was related to child's time spent online, parent's worries, attitudes, and digital skills.

• Children developed more digital skills when their parents applied higher levels of both active and restrictive mediation.

• Children spent the lowest time online when their parents engaged in higher restrictive and lower active mediation.

摘要

•During lockdown 46% of parents practiced parental mediation with the same frequency, while 42.6% reported an increase.•Frequency of parental mediation was related to child's time spent online, parent's worries, attitudes, and digital skills.•Children developed more digital skills when their parents applied higher levels of both active and restrictive mediation.•Children spent the lowest time online when their parents engaged in higher restrictive and lower active mediation.

论文关键词：Parental mediation,Digital skills,Adolescence,Internet use,COVID-19

论文评审过程：Received 18 April 2021, Revised 12 October 2021, Accepted 22 October 2021, Available online 23 October 2021, Version of Record 29 October 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107081