Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-198

  Boniel Nissim, Meyran ^a,b   Tabak, Izabela ^c   Mazur, Joanna ^c   Borraccino, Alberto ^d   Brooks, Fiona ^e   Gommans, Rob ^f   van der Sluijs, Winfried ^g   Zsiros, Emese ^h   Craig, Wendy ⁱ   Harel Fisch, Yossi ^j   Finne, Emily ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b KINNERET COLLEGE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^h National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^k BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Computer use; Cross national study; Life satisfaction; Supportive communication with parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922443852     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0636-9     Document Type: Article

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