title: The roles of general and technology-related parenting in managing youth screen time.
abstract: This study examines the associations of 2 types of parenting practices-general adaptive parenting and technology-related strategies-with youth screen time. We hypothesized that technology-related parenting focused on behavioral control would relate directly to screen time and serve to link general parenting to screen time. Participants were 615 parents drawn from 3 community samples of families with children across 3 development stages: young childhood (3-7 years; n = 210), middle childhood (8-12 years; n = 200), and adolescents (13-17 years; n = 205). Using structural equation modeling, we found that general adaptive parenting was not related to child screen time but was positively related to technology-related parenting strategies for all 3 samples. For the young and, to some extent, middle childhood samples, but not for the adolescent sample, general adaptive parenting was positively linked to youth screen time through technology-related parenting strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Rex
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forehand
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Nicole Lafko
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Breslend
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D013690:Television; D018910:Video Games