TY - JOUR
T1 - Restrictive mediation and unintended effects
T2 - Serial multiple mediation analysis explaining the role of reactance in us adolescents
AU - White, Shawna R.
AU - Rasmussen, Eric E.
AU - King, Andy J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Extant research indicates that restrictive parental mediation, parents enforcing rules limiting children’s media use, produces unintended effects in adolescents. Speculation exists that these suboptimal effects are due to psychological reactance following a restrictive mediation interaction leading the adolescent toward defiant behavior. A survey of undergraduate students (N = 483) was conducted to investigate the process of psychological reactance as a mediating factor in the relationship between restrictive parental mediation and three unintended effects: negative attitude toward parents, positive attitude toward restricted content, and increased viewing of restricted content with friends. Results revealed a direct effect of restrictive mediation on attitude toward parent, but not attitude toward restricted content or viewing restricted content with friends. Moreover, the reactance process fully mediated restrictive mediation’s effect on attitude toward restricted content and viewing restricted content with friends, and partially mediated the effect on attitude toward parents.
AB - Extant research indicates that restrictive parental mediation, parents enforcing rules limiting children’s media use, produces unintended effects in adolescents. Speculation exists that these suboptimal effects are due to psychological reactance following a restrictive mediation interaction leading the adolescent toward defiant behavior. A survey of undergraduate students (N = 483) was conducted to investigate the process of psychological reactance as a mediating factor in the relationship between restrictive parental mediation and three unintended effects: negative attitude toward parents, positive attitude toward restricted content, and increased viewing of restricted content with friends. Results revealed a direct effect of restrictive mediation on attitude toward parent, but not attitude toward restricted content or viewing restricted content with friends. Moreover, the reactance process fully mediated restrictive mediation’s effect on attitude toward restricted content and viewing restricted content with friends, and partially mediated the effect on attitude toward parents.
KW - Parental mediation
KW - Parenting
KW - Parent–child conflict
KW - Psychological reactance
KW - Restrictive mediation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947722532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17482798.2015.1088873
DO - 10.1080/17482798.2015.1088873
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947722532
SN - 1748-2798
VL - 9
SP - 510
EP - 527
JO - Journal of Children and Media
JF - Journal of Children and Media
IS - 4
ER -