RT Article
T1 Online Delinquent Behaviors of Adolescents: Parents as Potential “Influencers”?
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 69
IS 8
SP 898
OP 920
A1 Wissink, Inge B.
A1 Asscher, Jessica J.
A1 Stams, Geert-Jan
A2 Asscher, Jessica J.
A2 Stams, Geert-Jan
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925138143
AB In this study we examined whether aspects of parental monitoring of adolescents’ online behavior (rules regarding time spent on the internet, rules regarding content of internet use, frequency of communication, and quality of communication about internet use) are related to different kinds of online delinquent behaviors (sexting, spreading viruses, DDoS attacking, hacking, and online threatening) and whether the level of adolescents’ problematic (addictive) internet use mediates these relations. In regular Dutch high schools 1,009 adolescents filled out an online questionnaire (with adjusted versions of the ISPP, PIUQ, and the Dutch Youth Crime Monitor). Descriptive statistics showed that, in general, parents do not seem to monitor adolescents’ online behavior to a great extent. Furthermore, results of logistic regression analyses and mediation tests showed that fewer rules about online time, more rules about online content, and a good quality of parent-adolescent communication about online behavior are all associated with lower problematic internet use, which in turn is associated with lower odds of several online delinquent behaviors (mediation). Moreover, parental handling of rules about online content is also directly associated with lower odds of spreading viruses, hacking, and online threat.
K1 internet addiction
K1 Monitoring
K1 Parenting
K1 cybercrimes
K1 online delinquency
K1 Adolescents
DO 10.1177/0306624X231206521