Psychological Development and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 303-311.

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Parental Control and Adolescents’ Problematic Internet Use：The Mediating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation

SONG Jing-jing1,2, LI Dong-ping1,2, GU Chuan-hua1,2, ZHAO Li-yan3, BAO Zhen-zhou4, WANG Yan-hui5   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior CCNU, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079;
    2. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    3. School of Education, Arts and Sciences College of Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101;
    4. School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    5. School of Education Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015
  • Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15

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Abstract: An increasing body of research had investigated the relationship between parental control and adolescents' problematic Internet use (PIU). However, there were several limitations in prior studies: the operational definition of parental control was flawed;the unique effect of different forms of parental control [behavioral control (BC) vs. psychological control (PC)] had rarely been examined;the functional form (linear vs. curvilinear) of the relationship had not been formally tested;and the mediating mechanism was still poorly understood. Our purpose was to examine the direct associations between BC, PC, and adolescent PIU, and to investigate whether affiliation with deviant peers will mediate the relationship between parental control and adolescent PIU. Participants were 703 middle school students. In school, participants anonymously completed demographic information questionnaire, parental behavioral and psychological control scale, deviant peer affiliation questionnaire, and PIU scale. After adjusting for age, gender, and socioeconomic status, BC had negative and linear effect on adolescent PIU, whereas PC had positive and linear effect on adolescent PIU. The non-linear effects of BC and PC were not significant. Moreover, deviant peer affiliation mediated the relationship between the two forms of parental control and adolescent PIU. Specifically, BC was negatively and linearly associated with deviant peer affiliation, which in turn was associated with PIU. In addition, PC was positively and linearly associated with deviant peer affiliation, which in turn was positively associated with PIU.

Key words: behavioral control, psychological control, problematic Internet use, deviant peer affiliation, adolescents

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  • B844.2
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