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. 2022 May 4;5(2):e35540. doi: 10.2196/35540

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

My house has no rules or boundaries for media use. 9.1 13.4 a <.001

My house has rules about what social media profiles are acceptable. 67.3 53.02 <.001

My house has rules about what privacy settings should be set for social media. 60.4 44.9 <.001

My house has rules about “friending” someone who is unknown offline. 67.9 43.7 <.001

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

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

My house has rules about viewing screens around bedtime. 43.1 20.8 <.001
Parent social media checking frequency <.001

Once a day or more 78.2 92.8

A few times a week 11.5 4.5

Less than once a week 10.2 2.7
Parent social media posting frequency <.001

Once a day or more 24.6 61

A few times a week 31.8 21.3

Less than once a week 43.6 17.7
Internet time rules: adolescent-reported <.001

Strict internet time rules 54.4 62.9

Not strict internet time rules 45.6 37.1
Internet content rules: adolescent-reported <.001

Strict internet content rules 66.2 27.2

Not strict internet content rules 33.8 72.8
Communication about internet: adolescent-reported <.001

High-quality communication about the internet 74.5 47.6

Low-quality communication about the internet 25.5 52.4
Parent-adolescent relationship: adolescent-reported <.001

More positive parent-adolescent relationship 77.8 25.3

Less positive parent-adolescent relationship 22.2 74.7

aItalicization denotes the class with the majority percentage for each measure.