Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Interplay between Children’s Electronic Media Use and Prosocial Behavior: The Chain Mediating Role of Parent–Child Closeness and Emotion Regulation
Originally published 2024-05-23 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs14060436 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
During screen time, when do we still notice and respond to each other?
The authors examine parent-child closeness and emotion regulation in research on media use and helping.
Who was studied?
701 families surveyed about media use and children’s behavior
Age / stage: Childhood
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate parent-child closeness and emotion regulation in research on media use and helping?
- Whose report describes the parent, the child and the outcome, and where might those reports differ?
- How did the researchers define electronic media use and distinguish it from parent-child closeness?
Keep the limits in view
A family survey can link media use and helping but cannot isolate the influence of screen content, context or the direction of the association.
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Xiaocen Liu; Shuliang Geng; Donghui Dou; Yuka Kotozaki (2024). Interplay between Children’s Electronic Media Use and Prosocial Behavior: The Chain Mediating Role of Parent–Child Closeness and Emotion Regulation Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14060436
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