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Parenting Styles and Children's Usage of the Internet in the Digital Age
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Oden, Micere Sidi |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Parenting Styles and Children’s Usage of the Internet in the Digital Age by Micere S. Oden MS, Walden University, 2013 MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 BS, Purdue University, 2004 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Clinical Psychology Walden University August 2019 Abstract Research is limited on the differences between mothers and fathers on traditional and Internet parenting styles, particularly fathers’ Internet parenting styles. Baumrind’s parenting styles typology guided this quantitative, cross-sectional assessment of mothers and fathers of children age 6-13 years old on 4 dimensions of the Parenting Style Scale; 6 subscales of the Internet Parenting Style Instrument, hours a child spent on the Internet for school versus entertainment, and several key demographics to examine canonical correlation dimensions relating traditional and Internet parenting styles and to examine differences in styles between mothers and fathers. A convenience sample (N =129) was collected from Amazon Mechanical Turk workers via SurveyMonkey. On the first canonical root, participants who had high authoritative and high indulgent scores tended to stop unsuitable websites and tended to have high scores on supervision, rules, support, and communication. A second significant root indicated those who had low neglectful scores, lower levels of education, were older, whose child was older, and whose child spent more entertainment Internet hours tended to not stop Internet chatting and to have low scores on rules and supervision. Mothers scored significantly higher than males on Internet communication, supervision, rules, and stopping unsuitable websites. Positive social change can result in improved parent-child communication as fathers engage in an authoritative parenting style of their children’s usage of the Internet. Children’s behavior can change from the active involvement of fathers to provide supervision and rules for time limits and content limits for the online activities of children age 6-13 years old.Research is limited on the differences between mothers and fathers on traditional and Internet parenting styles, particularly fathers’ Internet parenting styles. Baumrind’s parenting styles typology guided this quantitative, cross-sectional assessment of mothers and fathers of children age 6-13 years old on 4 dimensions of the Parenting Style Scale; 6 subscales of the Internet Parenting Style Instrument, hours a child spent on the Internet for school versus entertainment, and several key demographics to examine canonical correlation dimensions relating traditional and Internet parenting styles and to examine differences in styles between mothers and fathers. A convenience sample (N =129) was collected from Amazon Mechanical Turk workers via SurveyMonkey. On the first canonical root, participants who had high authoritative and high indulgent scores tended to stop unsuitable websites and tended to have high scores on supervision, rules, support, and communication. A second significant root indicated those who had low neglectful scores, lower levels of education, were older, whose child was older, and whose child spent more entertainment Internet hours tended to not stop Internet chatting and to have low scores on rules and supervision. Mothers scored significantly higher than males on Internet communication, supervision, rules, and stopping unsuitable websites. Positive social change can result in improved parent-child communication as fathers engage in an authoritative parenting style of their children’s usage of the Internet. Children’s behavior can change from the active involvement of fathers to provide supervision and rules for time limits and content limits for the online activities of children age 6-13 years old. Parenting Styles and Children’s Usage of the Internet in the Digital Age by Micere S. Oden MS, Walden University, 2013 MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 BS, Purdue University, 2004 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Clinical Psychology Walden University August 2019 Dedication I dedicate this dissertation to the late professor, Dr. Susan Kontos, my undergraduate mentor in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. Dr. Susan Kontos was a key figure in my career decision to attend graduate school and pursue the doctorate degree. I dedicate this dissertation to my father who has been my lifelong champion, inspiration, and role-model in my success in higher education and who has always believed in me. He has provided invaluable guidance, knowledge, mentorship, and resources for me to fulfill my lifelong dream to earn the Ph.D. and become “the first woman in our families to earn the Ph.D.”. Thank you, daddy!!! I also will become a second-generation Ph.D. holder in our families. I dedicate this dissertation to my mother who has always believed in me, supported, and encouraged my completion of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at Walden University. I dedicate this dissertation to my twin brother as my first friend in the world who has always supported and encouraged my success in the completion of my doctoral coursework, dissertation, field experience, and residencies at Walden University. The Ph.D. has been a meaningful journey and milestone that represents the foundation of my career as a scholar-practitioner in the field of Clinical Psychology. Acknowledgments I acknowledge and thank my Chair, Dr. Charles “Tom” Diebold. I also thank my former Chair, Dr. Frederica Hendricks-Noble who helped me throughout most of my dissertation. I thank my Member, Dr. Elisha Galaif, and URR, Dr. Richard Thompson for their valuable contributions in the completion of this study. I especially thank my Chair, Dr. Charles “Tom” Diebold, who tremendously helped as my Quantitative Methods expert and provided a smooth transition as my new Chair. His expertise and guidance were crucial to help overcome data collection challenges at the data collection stage and move forward with the completion of this research study. Thank you, Dr. Diebold!!! |
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