Capturing Parent-Child Interactions With Social Media: Comment on Zhang et al. (2015)

Psychol Rep. 2016 Jun;118(3):710-3. doi: 10.1177/0033294116648363. Epub 2016 May 15.

Abstract

Zhang et al. conducted a qualitative study of children presented with 19 parental structuring behaviors of parental control and were asked to attribute the parent's intent behind the behaviors. The authors developed several conceptual categories, "parent-centered," "child-centered," or "social" interests. Here, we describe how their 12 propositions could be empirically tested in further studies using social media.

Keywords: China; parent-child; social media.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Social Media*