Influence of parenting styles on addiction to internet in peruvian secondary students

Present study aimed to establish influence of parenting styles on addiction to Internet. 2370 teenage students from third to fifth grades of secondary school were evaluated. They belonged to 14 representative cities of coast, highlands and forest Peruvian regions and aged 13 to 18 years. Parenting S...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Matalinares C., María, Díaz A., Gloria
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Perú
Institution:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repository:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/6554
Online Access:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/6554
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:adicción
estilos parentales disfuncionales
indiferencia
abuso
sobreprotección
addiction
dysfunctional parenting styles
indifference
abuse
overprotection
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Summary:Present study aimed to establish influence of parenting styles on addiction to Internet. 2370 teenage students from third to fifth grades of secondary school were evaluated. They belonged to 14 representative cities of coast, highlands and forest Peruvian regions and aged 13 to 18 years. Parenting Styles Questionnaire (Parker et al. 1997), adapted to our reality for the present study, and Addiction to Internet Test (Young, 1998), also adapted to our reality by Raymundo, Matalinares and Baca (2013, pending publication) were the instruments applied. Results showed that dysfunctional parenting styles (abuse and indifference) influenced on addiction to Internet. Greater incidence of teenage students addicted to Internet was observed in the coast while greater perception of dysfunctional parenting styles was observed in highlands. Dysfunctional parenting styles (indifference, abuse, overprotection) on one-parent family homes were also found.