Luo Yi Fang, Yang Shu Ching, Chou Kun Yi, Lee Hsin Tien
Graduate School of Human Sexuality, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Institute of Education, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 19;14:1248863. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1248863. eCollection 2023.
How parents think and feel about their children's use of technology can influence how their kids behave online. The family's socioeconomic status (SES) may also affect this influence. In light of this, this research emphasizes the need for more investigation into parental attitudes and the role of SES in shaping how children consume media.
This study surveyed 629 Taiwanese parents to explore their attitudes toward their young children's use of information communication technology (ICT), usage patterns, and the interplay with socioeconomic status.
The findings revealed a significant disconnect: although approximately 50% of parents considered above six years old to be a suitable age for children to start ICT, over 80% of children had already engaged with ICT before that age, indicating a large disparity between parental expectations and actual initiation. Furthermore, parents highlighted "learning interest" and "various content" as the most positive impacts of children's ICT use, while "addiction and overreliance" emerged as their primary concern. Notably, parents, as a whole, tended to perceive their child's ICT use more negative than positively, with fathers displaying greater acceptance of negative viewpoints than mothers. Parental attitudes toward children's ICT use were categorized into five clusters, ranging from balanced and optimistic views to value emphasis, conservatism, and negative doubts. This classification underscores the intricate and multifaceted nature of parental perspectives, encompassing both positive and negative outlooks on children's ICT utilization.
The findings underscore the nuanced character of parents' attitudes toward technology, shaped by the intricacies and challenges posed by the digital era. These insights emphasize that parental attitudes go beyond a simplistic positive-negative divide, reflecting a comprehensive response to the opportunities and complexities inherent in the digital age.
父母对孩子使用科技产品的看法和感受会影响孩子在网上的行为表现。家庭的社会经济地位（SES）也可能影响这种作用。有鉴于此，本研究强调需要进一步调查父母的态度以及社会经济地位在塑造孩子媒体消费方式方面的作用。
本研究对629位台湾家长进行了调查，以探讨他们对幼儿使用信息通信技术（ICT）的态度、使用模式以及与社会经济地位的相互作用。
研究结果揭示了一个显著的脱节现象：尽管约50%的家长认为孩子6岁以上是开始使用ICT的合适年龄，但超过80%的孩子在该年龄之前就已经开始使用ICT，这表明父母的期望与实际开始使用之间存在很大差距。此外，家长们强调“学习兴趣”和“内容多样”是孩子使用ICT最积极的影响，而“成瘾和过度依赖”则是他们最主要的担忧。值得注意的是，总体而言，家长们倾向于对孩子使用ICT持更负面而非正面的看法，父亲比母亲对负面观点的接受程度更高。父母对孩子使用ICT的态度可分为五类，从平衡和乐观的观点到强调价值观、保守主义和负面怀疑。这种分类强调了父母观点的复杂多面性，包括对孩子使用ICT的积极和消极看法。
研究结果强调了父母对科技态度的细微差别，这是由数字时代带来的复杂性和挑战所塑造的。这些见解强调，父母的态度并非简单的正负之分，而是反映了对数字时代固有机遇和复杂性的全面回应。
