Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation
A plethora of studies have shown that parenting practices can lead to problematic Internet use. However, few studies have explored how parents foster positive online behavior in adolescents. This study addresses this gap by using self-determination theory to examine how supportive parenting practic...
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A plethora of studies have shown that parenting practices can lead to problematic Internet use. However, few studies have explored how parents foster positive online behavior in adolescents. This study addresses this gap by using self-determination theory to examine how supportive parenting practices, such as autonomy support and structure provision, can influence digital citizenship behaviors in adolescents. The study considered the mediating role of adolescents’ self-regulation, and examined how sex and adolescence stage moderate these relationships. The study included 570 Mexican adolescents (48% girls and 52% boys), and structural equation modeling and multigroup invariance statistics were conducted for analysis. The results showed that autonomy support was positively associated with all dimensions of digital citizenship, while structure provision was only positively associated with online civic engagement. Self-regulation was found to mediate the relationship between autonomy support, structure provision, and digital citizenship behaviors. The multigroup analysis confirmed that sex and adolescence stage did not affect the relationship between parenting practices and digital citizenship behaviors. Overall, the results suggest that supportive parenting practices can encourage positive digital citizenship behaviors among adolescents.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c6a60325b62463da3613691dcb8c1022025-02-01T07:24:25ZengMasaryk UniversityCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace1802-79622025-01-0119110.5817/CP2025-1-2Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulationAgustín Morales-Álvarez0Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo1Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez2Department of Education, Technological Institute of Sonora, Obregon City, Mexico Department of Education, Technological Institute of Sonora, Obregon City, Mexico Department of Education, Technological Institute of Sonora, Obregon City, Mexico A plethora of studies have shown that parenting practices can lead to problematic Internet use. However, few studies have explored how parents foster positive online behavior in adolescents. This study addresses this gap by using self-determination theory to examine how supportive parenting practices, such as autonomy support and structure provision, can influence digital citizenship behaviors in adolescents. The study considered the mediating role of adolescents’ self-regulation, and examined how sex and adolescence stage moderate these relationships. The study included 570 Mexican adolescents (48% girls and 52% boys), and structural equation modeling and multigroup invariance statistics were conducted for analysis. The results showed that autonomy support was positively associated with all dimensions of digital citizenship, while structure provision was only positively associated with online civic engagement. Self-regulation was found to mediate the relationship between autonomy support, structure provision, and digital citizenship behaviors. The multigroup analysis confirmed that sex and adolescence stage did not affect the relationship between parenting practices and digital citizenship behaviors. Overall, the results suggest that supportive parenting practices can encourage positive digital citizenship behaviors among adolescents. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/33751digital citizenshipparental mediationself-regulationadolescentsstructural equation model |
| spellingShingle | Agustín Morales-Álvarez Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace digital citizenship parental mediation self-regulation adolescents structural equation model |
| title | Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation |
| title_full | Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation |
| title_fullStr | Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation |
| title_short | Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation |
| title_sort | supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors the mediating role of self regulation |
| topic | digital citizenship parental mediation self-regulation adolescents structural equation model |
| url | https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/33751 |
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