Digital Ambivalence in the Online Era: A Social-Ecological Study of Parental Monitoring.
Parents monitor their children digital activities in a number of different ways and multiple factors have been identified as significant drivers of parental digital choices. Following the socio-ecological theory developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner, this study aims to contribute to the extant literature...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 2290 - 2305 |
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Sep2025
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