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Longitudinal Changes of Parents’ Views on Risky Online Behaviors and Positive Technological Development Among Hong Kong Early Adolescents

Authors
Wilfred W. F. Lau1, *, Morris S. Y. Jong1, Gustavo S. Mesch2, Lisa B. Song1
1Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2Department of Sociology, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
*Corresponding author. Email: wwflau@cuhk.edu.hk
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Wilfred W. F. Lau
Available Online 19 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Longitudinal Changes; Parents; Early Adolescents; Risky Online Behaviors; Positive Technological Development
Abstract

This study explored longitudinal changes of parents’ views on risky online behaviors and positive technological development (PTD) of early adolescents in Hong Kong. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with nine parents (four fathers and five mothers) from five families with adolescent children from five secondary schools at two time points, with a 1-year interval. The adolescent children of the parents were all male with different academic abilities (high, medium, and low) and aged 12 to 14 years at Time 1. Qualitative content analysis was conducted to systematically code and identify themes or patterns from the transcribed data. The results revealed that the parents reported few risky online behaviors at both time points; however, the behavior of one adolescent changed between the two time points. Under the PTD model, the adolescents exhibited positive individual assets such as competence, confidence, caring, connection, and contribution at both time points; however, from Time 1 to Time 2, their assets changed from competence and caring to confidence and contribution. The parents were more concerned about the negative influence of technology on their children at Time 2 than at Time 1. From Time 1 to Time 2, the parents’ parenting styles changed between permissive and authoritarian styles depending on their children’s risky online behaviors. The implications of our findings for researchers, teachers, and parents are discussed.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Positive Technology International Conference 2023 Positive Technology: Possible Synergies between Emerging Technologies and Positive Psychology (PT 2023)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
19 February 2024
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-378-8_6How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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