Children, Teenagers and Cyberspace: The Impact of Internet Dependence on Intergenerational Rupture
Subject Areas : child rightsMaryam Sha’ban 1 , Seyed Mohammad Hosseini 2
1 - PhD of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Master of Criminal Law & Criminology, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Keywords: Cyberspace, Parent-child Relationship, Intergenerational Rupture,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between internet dependence and intergenerational rupture in high school girls; for this purpose, 300 female high school students were selected by random cluster sampling from schools in the sixth district of Tehran. The research method was quantitative with a survey research design. "Internet Dependence" and "Parent-Child Relationship Scale" questionnaires were used to collect data. Statistical analysis of this study was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that there is a significant and inverse relationship between internet dependence and parent-child relationship in high school girls. As the Internet dependence increases in this sample, the father-child relationship and the mother-child relationship decrease. In addition, among the components of the father-child relationship, paternal relationship and paternal intimacy, and among the components of the mother-child relationship, positive maternal affection and maternal relationship, there is a significant correlation with internet dependence at the level (P <0.05).
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