Table 3.
Baseline and post-intervention descriptives of parental regulation of TV-viewing and computer/game-use
| |
Baseline
a
|
Post-intervention |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Control |
Intervention |
Control |
Intervention |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
|
Parental regulation TV-viewing, reported by
b,c
|
|
|
|
|
| Adolescents |
3.64 (0.96) |
3.68 (0.93) |
3.41 (1.07) |
3.38 (1.05) |
| Mothers |
4.06 (0.75) |
4.18 (0.66)* |
3.92 (0.71) |
4.02 (0.68) |
| Fathers |
3.96 (0.75) |
4.19 (0.71)*** |
3.80 (0.77) |
3.90 (0.77) |
|
Parental regulation comp/game-use, reported by
b,c
|
|
|
|
|
| Adolescents |
3.55 (0.99) |
3.53 (1.01) |
3.28 (1.11) |
3.28 (1.10) |
| Mothers |
4.13 (0.84) |
4.20 (0.70) |
3.98 (0.80) |
3.97 (0.80) |
| Fathers | 3.99 (0.82) | 4.14 (0.72)* | 3.77 (0.83) | 3.87 (0.79) |
*p <.05, ***p <.001, otherwise non-significant.
Comp/game: computer/game-use; SD: standard deviation.
a Baseline differences between control and intervention for mediators were tested with independent t-test.
bRange for regulation measures 1.00-5.00.
cn for parental regulation measures reported by: Adolescents 1390-1405; Mothers 764-775; Fathers 642-65.