A Factorial Validation of Parental Mediation Strategies with Regard to Internet Use.

This study investigated the strategies which parents employ in order to mediate their adolescent child's internet use, thereby including the perspectives from the mother, the father and an adolescent child aged 13 to 18. Data from 357 families ( = 1071) were analyzed. Parental mediation strategies were inductively derived from a wide range of concrete mediation practices.

Parental Knowledge of Adolescents' Online Content and Contact Risks.

Parental knowledge about adolescents' activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adolescent adjustment. While research on parental knowledge has focused on adolescents' offline behavior, there is little empirical understanding of parental knowledge about adolescents' online behavior. This study investigates parental knowledge about adolescents' online activities and experiences with online risks, as well as the correlates of such knowledge.