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Parenting Orientations as Antecedents of Children's Violent Videogame Play
Author(s) -
Walker Doug,
Laczniak Russell N.,
Carlson Les,
Brocato E. Deanne
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/joca.12096
Subject(s) - psychology , mediation , restrictiveness , developmental psychology , socialization , social psychology , linguistics , political science , law , philosophy
The study investigates caregiver influence on children's playing of violent videogames. Based on theory, the investigation develops and tests a model that links parental socialization tendencies to children's violent videogame play. Results from a national sample of 237 caregiver–child dyads suggest that while the primary caregivers' tendencies toward warmth and restrictiveness likely lessen children's play levels of violent videogames, their predispositions toward anxious emotional involvement tend to increase play. Moreover, results suggest that these relationships are mediated by caregiver mediation of videogames.