FCP and Mediation Styles: Factors Associated With Parents' Intentions to Let Their Children Watch Violent,Sexual and Family-Oriented Television Content |
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| Authors: | Stacey J T Hust W Joann Wong Yi-Chun Yvonnes Chen |
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| Institution: | 1. The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University;2. Indiana University;3. Department of Communication , Virginia Tech |
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| Abstract: | An online survey of 457 parents identifies factors associated with parents' intentions to allow their children to watch 18 common television scenes. Results of an exploratory factor analysis indicated that, with some exceptions, parents identified the scenes as 3 distinct factors representing violence, nudity and sexuality-related, and family-oriented content. Further, results from hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that mediation style explained a greater portion of the variance in parents' likelihood to let their children watch this content than either family communication patterns (FCP) or relevant demographic characteristics. |
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