本研究调查了亲子子系统的质量(由行为控制索引,心理控制,和亲子关系)预测了高中生的网络成瘾(IA)水平和变化率。它还研究了父亲和母亲相关因素对青少年IA的并发和纵向影响。在2009/2010学年开始时,我们在香港随机抽取了28所高中,邀请七年级学生在高中期间每年填写一份问卷.本研究使用了高中时期收集的数据(第4-6波),其中包括3,074名学生的匹配样本(第4波年龄为15.57±0.74岁)。生长曲线建模分析显示,高中时期青少年IA呈小幅下降趋势。虽然较高的父亲行为控制预测儿童的初始水平较低,IA下降较慢,母亲行为控制并不是这些指标的显著预测因子.相比之下,较高的母亲而不是父亲的心理控制与较高的初始水平和较快的青少年IA下降有显着关系。最后,良好的父子关系和母子关系预测青少年的初始IA水平较低。然而,虽然较差的母子关系预示着青少年IA的下降速度更快,父子关系质量没有。在回归分析中包括所有亲子子系统因素,父亲行为控制和母亲心理控制被确定为青少年IA的两个独特的并发和纵向预测因子。目前的发现描述了父母控制和亲子关系在塑造整个高中儿童IA中的重要作用。这在科学文献中没有充分涵盖。该研究还阐明了与父子和母子子系统相关的不同过程的相对贡献。这些发现强调了区分以下内容的必要性:(a)青少年IA的水平和变化率,(b)父子子系统中的不同家庭进程,(c)父亲和母亲相关因素对青少年IA的贡献。
The present study investigated how the quality of the parent-child subsystem (indexed by behavioral control, psychological control, and parent-child relationship) predicted Internet addiction (IA) levels and change rates among senior high school students. It also examined the concurrent and longitudinal influence of the
father- and mother-related factors on adolescent IA. At the beginning of the 2009/2010 school year, we randomly selected 28 high schools in Hong Kong and invited Grade 7 students to complete a questionnaire annually across the high school years. The present study used data collected in the senior high school years (Wave 4-6), which included a matched sample of 3,074 students (aged 15.57 ± 0.74 years at Wave 4). Growth curve modeling analyses revealed a slight decreasing trend in adolescent IA in senior high school years. While higher paternal behavioral control predicted children\'s lower initial level of and a slower drop in IA, maternal behavioral control was not a significant predictor of these measures. In contrast, higher maternal but not paternal psychological control showed a significant relationship with a higher initial level of and a faster drop in adolescent IA. Finally, better
father-child and mother-child relationships predicted a lower initial level of IA among adolescents. However, while a poorer mother-child relationship predicted a faster decline in adolescent IA,
father-child relationship quality did not. With the inclusion of all parent-child subsystem factors in the regression analyses, paternal behavioral control and maternal psychological control were identified as the two unique concurrent and longitudinal predictors of adolescent IA. The present findings delineate the essential role of parental control and the parent-child relationship in shaping children\'s IA across senior high school years, which is inadequately covered in the scientific literature. The study also clarifies the relative contribution of different processes related to the
father-child and mother-child subsystems. These findings highlight the need to differentiate the following: (a) levels of and rates of change in adolescent IA, (b) different family processes in the parent-child subsystem, and (c)
father- and mother-related factors\' contribution to adolescent IA.