ERIC Number: EJ1363336
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-5629
EISSN: EISSN-1740-5610
Parental Attachment and Adolescent Internet Morality: A Moderated Mediation Model
Xiao, Xiao; Zhan, Youlong; Zhong, Yiping
European Journal of Developmental Psychology, v19 n1 p1-21 2022
Parental attachment has been argued to play a fundamental role in the development of adolescent Internet morality. However, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms of parental attachment. The present study tested a moderated mediation model that included parental attachment (predictor variable), empathy (moderator), online social support (mediator), and Internet morality (outcome variable) in a sample of 2178 participants aged 12-25 years (M[subscript age] = 19.61, SD = 2.39) recruited in a school setting. After controlling for gender, age, and family socioeconomic status, multivariate multiple regression indicated that secure parental attachment was positively associated with adolescent online social support, which in turn was positively associated with Internet morality. Moreover, adolescents' empathy moderated the relationship between parental attachment and online social support. This association was stronger for adolescents with higher empathy than with lower empathy. These findings improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms whereby these factors interactively influence adolescent Internet morality; furthermore, they hold important implications for effective intervention.
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Attachment Behavior, Internet, Moral Values, Empathy, Social Influences, Models, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment
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