Evidence for the effects of parental mediation and childhood media use on US college students' social media use |
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Abstract: | Parents' rules and restrictions on media use have been shown to reduce amounts of media consumed by children. It remains unclear as to whether the effects of parents' restrictions on media use persist when children reach early adulthood. The present survey analysis assesses the extent to which restricted media use in childhood affects amounts of social media use among a sample (N = 454) of young adults and how self-control affects this relation. The results suggest that young adults who are higher in self-control and are introduced to social media at a later age use less social media as young adults. Being introduced to social media at an early age is also associated with texting during class as well as texting before sleep. Rules on children's media use appear to have no lasting effects on amounts of social media use. |
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Keywords: | social media new media restrictive mediation media use young adults Facebook media habits digital media children adolescents transition to adulthood emerging adulthood SNS self-control parental mediation |
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