Table 4.
Distribution of parent involvement and rules included in the latent class analysis in the 2-class model (N=3981).
| Variable | Class 1 (n=2501; %) | Class 2 (n=1480; %) | P value | ||
| Household media rules: parent-reported | |||||
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My house has no rules or boundaries for media use. | 9.1 | 13.4 a | <.001 | |
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My house has rules about what social media profiles are acceptable. | 67.3 | 53.02 | <.001 | |
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My house has rules about what privacy settings should be set for social media. | 60.4 | 44.9 | <.001 | |
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My house has rules about “friending” someone who is unknown offline. | 67.9 | 43.7 | <.001 | |
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My house has rules about “screen-free zones” (rooms or places in the house, such as a bedroom) where no one is allowed to use screens, including televisions, computers, and smartphones. | 25.3 | 24.9 | .84 | |
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My house has rules about screen-free times (times when no one is allowed to use media, such as dinnertime) when no one is allowed to use screens, including televisions, computers, and smartphones. | 45.5 | 25.9 | <.001 | |
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My house has rules about viewing screens around bedtime. | 43.1 | 20.8 | <.001 | |
| Parent social media checking frequency | <.001 | ||||
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Once a day or more | 78.2 | 92.8 |
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A few times a week | 11.5 | 4.5 |
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Less than once a week | 10.2 | 2.7 |
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| Parent social media posting frequency | <.001 | ||||
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Once a day or more | 24.6 | 61 |
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A few times a week | 31.8 | 21.3 |
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Less than once a week | 43.6 | 17.7 |
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| Internet time rules: adolescent-reported | <.001 | ||||
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Strict internet time rules | 54.4 | 62.9 |
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Not strict internet time rules | 45.6 | 37.1 |
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| Internet content rules: adolescent-reported | <.001 | ||||
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Strict internet content rules | 66.2 | 27.2 |
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Not strict internet content rules | 33.8 | 72.8 |
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| Communication about internet: adolescent-reported | <.001 | ||||
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High-quality communication about the internet | 74.5 | 47.6 |
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Low-quality communication about the internet | 25.5 | 52.4 |
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| Parent-adolescent relationship: adolescent-reported | <.001 | ||||
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More positive parent-adolescent relationship | 77.8 | 25.3 |
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Less positive parent-adolescent relationship | 22.2 | 74.7 |
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aItalicization denotes the class with the majority percentage for each measure.