The Association between Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Digital Literacy: The Explanatory Role of Parental Mediation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Family Socioeconomic Status and Digital Literacy
2.2. Parental Internet Mediation as a Link between SES and Digital Literacy
2.3. The Present Study
3. Methods
3.1. Sampling and Participants
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Family Socioeconomic Status
3.2.2. Active Parental Internet Mediation and Restrictive Parental Internet Mediation
3.2.3. Digital Literacy
3.2.4. Control Variables
3.3. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Preliminary Analyses
4.2. Difference Analyses
4.3. Testing for the Indirect Effect of Active Parental Mediation and Restrictive Parental Mediation
5. Discussion
5.1. The Direct Path from Family SES to Digital Literacy
5.2. Parental Internet Mediation as an Explanatory Mechanism
5.3. Limitations and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Family SES | 3.99 | 2.16 | 1 | |||
2. active parental mediation | 0.75 | 0.33 | 0.29 ** | 1 | ||
3. restrictive parental mediation | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.18 ** | 0.35 ** | 1 | |
4. digital literacy | 3.60 | 0.90 | 0.20 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.11 ** | 1 |
Model Pathways | Effect | Boot SE | Boot LLCI | Boot ULCI |
---|---|---|---|---|
family SES → active parental mediation | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.24 |
family SES → restrictive parental mediation | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.16 |
active parental mediation → digital literacy | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.30 |
restrictive parental mediation → digital literacy | 0.08 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.15 |
family SES → active parental mediation → digital literacy | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
family SES → restrictive parental mediation → digital literacy | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.03 |
family SES → digital literacy (direct effect) | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.19 |
family SES → digital literacy (total indirect effect) | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
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Shi, X.; He, J.; Niu, G. The Association between Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Digital Literacy: The Explanatory Role of Parental Mediation. Adolescents 2024, 4, 386-395. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents4030027
Shi X, He J, Niu G. The Association between Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Digital Literacy: The Explanatory Role of Parental Mediation. Adolescents. 2024; 4(3):386-395. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents4030027
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Xiaohan, Jing He, and Gengfeng Niu. 2024. "The Association between Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Digital Literacy: The Explanatory Role of Parental Mediation" Adolescents 4, no. 3: 386-395. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents4030027