Longitudinal Changes of Parents’ Views on Risky Online Behaviors and Positive Technological Development Among Hong Kong Early Adolescents
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Longitudinal Changes; Parents; Early Adolescents; Risky Online Behaviors; Positive Technological Development
- Abstract
This study explored longitudinal changes of parents’ views on risky online behaviors and positive technological development (PTD) of early adolescents in Hong Kong. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with nine parents (four fathers and five mothers) from five families with adolescent children from five secondary schools at two time points, with a 1-year interval. The adolescent children of the parents were all male with different academic abilities (high, medium, and low) and aged 12 to 14 years at Time 1. Qualitative content analysis was conducted to systematically code and identify themes or patterns from the transcribed data. The results revealed that the parents reported few risky online behaviors at both time points; however, the behavior of one adolescent changed between the two time points. Under the PTD model, the adolescents exhibited positive individual assets such as competence, confidence, caring, connection, and contribution at both time points; however, from Time 1 to Time 2, their assets changed from competence and caring to confidence and contribution. The parents were more concerned about the negative influence of technology on their children at Time 2 than at Time 1. From Time 1 to Time 2, the parents’ parenting styles changed between permissive and authoritarian styles depending on their children’s risky online behaviors. The implications of our findings for researchers, teachers, and parents are discussed.
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TY - CONF AU - Wilfred W. F. Lau AU - Morris S. Y. Jong AU - Gustavo S. Mesch AU - Lisa B. Song PY - 2024 DA - 2024/02/19 TI - Longitudinal Changes of Parents’ Views on Risky Online Behaviors and Positive Technological Development Among Hong Kong Early Adolescents BT - Proceedings of the Positive Technology International Conference 2023 Positive Technology: Possible Synergies between Emerging Technologies and Positive Psychology (PT 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 85 EP - 97 SN - 2667-128X UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6 ID - Lau2024 ER -