Parents as a resource: Communication quality affects the relationship between adolescents' internet use and loneliness

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1641-1648

  Appel, Markus ^a   Holtz, Peter ^b   Stiglbauer, Barbara ^a   Batinic, Bernad ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication quality; Family support; Internet use; Loneliness; Parental mediation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENT; PARENTING EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868360908     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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