Parents' influence on children's online usage

Children nowadays has unlimited access to the Internet that possibly will harm them, thus parents’ roles in mitigating their children online risks is crucial. Previous studies show a positive parent-child attachment may reduce the risks. A survey was conducted and a total of 387 participants aged 9...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, Sarina, Osman, Mohd Nizam, Hassan, Md. Salleh, Teimoury, Misha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48194/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48194/1/48194.pdf
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author Yusuf, Sarina
Osman, Mohd Nizam
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Teimoury, Misha
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Osman, Mohd Nizam
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Teimoury, Misha
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description Children nowadays has unlimited access to the Internet that possibly will harm them, thus parents’ roles in mitigating their children online risks is crucial. Previous studies show a positive parent-child attachment may reduce the risks. A survey was conducted and a total of 387 participants aged 9 to 16 have been recruited to completed a 14-item questionnaire form. The instrument consists of three sub-scales, namely trust, communication and alienation. Results showed that almost 80% of children in this study trust their parents, feel their parents’ concern (75%), and depend on their parents (74%). Malaysian children are actually very in need to be safe during online due the facts that they knew regarding the Internet effects. They also show a willingness to do the right things by letting their parents involve into their online live activities.
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spelling upm-481942016-09-14T03:53:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48194/ Parents' influence on children's online usage Yusuf, Sarina Osman, Mohd Nizam Hassan, Md. Salleh Teimoury, Misha Children nowadays has unlimited access to the Internet that possibly will harm them, thus parents’ roles in mitigating their children online risks is crucial. Previous studies show a positive parent-child attachment may reduce the risks. A survey was conducted and a total of 387 participants aged 9 to 16 have been recruited to completed a 14-item questionnaire form. The instrument consists of three sub-scales, namely trust, communication and alienation. Results showed that almost 80% of children in this study trust their parents, feel their parents’ concern (75%), and depend on their parents (74%). Malaysian children are actually very in need to be safe during online due the facts that they knew regarding the Internet effects. They also show a willingness to do the right things by letting their parents involve into their online live activities. Elsevier 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48194/1/48194.pdf Yusuf, Sarina and Osman, Mohd Nizam and Hassan, Md. Salleh and Teimoury, Misha (2014) Parents' influence on children's online usage. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 81-86. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814057267 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.260
spellingShingle Yusuf, Sarina
Osman, Mohd Nizam
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Teimoury, Misha
Parents' influence on children's online usage
title Parents' influence on children's online usage
title_full Parents' influence on children's online usage
title_fullStr Parents' influence on children's online usage
title_full_unstemmed Parents' influence on children's online usage
title_short Parents' influence on children's online usage
title_sort parents' influence on children's online usage
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48194/1/48194.pdf