Department of Clinical Child & Family Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Youth & Family, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 25;18(7):3385. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073385.
Family functioning is salient in explaining adolescents' problematic internet use (PIU), and precisely this family functioning is under pressure after parental divorce. Moreover, growing up with divorced parents is identified as a risk factor for PIU. Therefore, examining which factors are associated with adolescents' PIU after divorce is particularly important. Based on self-report data from = 244 adolescents of divorced families (49.6% boys, = 13.42), structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the associations of PIU with interparental conflict, triangulation, maternal and paternal warmth, and adolescents' self-esteem. Potential buffering effects of self-esteem were tested, as well as gender differences in associations. The results showed that more triangulation and less maternal warmth were related to higher levels of PIU, but these effects disappeared after adding self-esteem to the models. Adolescent self-esteem did not significantly buffer the effects of the different family factors on PIU, nor were there any significant gender differences in association. Hence, especially adolescents' self-esteem seems to be a key aspect for PIU in adolescents from divorced families.
家庭功能在解释青少年问题性互联网使用（PIU）方面很重要，而正是这种家庭功能在父母离婚后承受着压力。此外，与离异父母一起长大被认为是 PIU 的一个风险因素。因此，研究离婚后哪些因素与青少年的 PIU 有关尤为重要。本研究基于 244 名离异家庭青少年（49.6%为男生， = 13.42）的自我报告数据，采用结构方程模型（SEM）来检验 PIU 与父母间冲突、三角关系、父母温暖和青少年自尊之间的关联。还测试了自尊的缓冲效应，以及关联中的性别差异。结果表明，更多的三角关系和更少的母亲温暖与更高水平的 PIU 有关，但在加入自尊后，这些效应消失了。青少年的自尊并没有显著缓冲不同家庭因素对 PIU 的影响，也没有关联的显著性别差异。因此，特别是青少年的自尊似乎是离异家庭青少年 PIU 的一个关键方面。
