Associations between media parenting practices and early adolescent consumption of R-rated movies and mature-rated video games
Media parenting practices such as monitoring or limiting screen use are significantly associated with playing mature-rated video games and watching R-rated movies. Punitive measures, such as restricting screen time as a punishment are slightly associated with increased engagement with such content. These findings highlight the importance of intentional and thoughtful parental strategies in managing children's media consumption effectively.
Authors
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Fiona C. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-6165)
- Christopher D. Otmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-1612)
- Orsolya Kiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2643-773X)
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Jinbo He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-9371)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
- Iris Yuefan Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6933-5971)
- Jonanne Talebloo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0939-4209)
- Karen Li
- Shirley S. Sui
Institutions
- SRI International (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CN)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-05367-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.85
Funders
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- National Institutes of Health