Open AccessParental strategies for limiting youths’ exposure to online risks
Author(s) -
Maria Clara Cavallini,
Simona Caravia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
media education (testo stampato. gardolo)/media education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2038-3010
pISSN - 2038-3002
DOI - 10.36253/me-10474
Subject(s) - psycinfo , scopus , dysfunctional family , limiting , psychology , mediation , psychosocial , population , the internet , cinahl , empathy , developmental psychology , medline , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , environmental health , psychological intervention , psychiatry , engineering , world wide web , computer science , political science , mechanical engineering , law
Given the new risks and opportunities generated by the use of the Internet since childhood, it seems necessary to deepen the parental mediation strategies with which parents can protect their children from exposure to online risks, perpetration of inappropriate behaviours online and psychosocial risks associated with a dysfunctional use of the web. This scoping review aims to analyse the literature of the last ten years on the strategies and attitudes of parents towards online risks. Twenty-nine scientific documents about parental mediation outcomes on children’s use of digital tools have been examined. Literature has been investigated in the PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus databases. Only studies with a paediatric population published in the last ten years (from 2009) have been selected. The results suggest that empathy and interest are protective factors towards the exposure and perpetration of online risks of children, without limiting the opportunities offered by the Web.