ABSTRACT

Parental attachment has been argued to play a fundamental role in the development of adolescent Internet morality. However, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms of parental attachment. The present study tested a moderated mediation model that included parental attachment (predictor variable), empathy (moderator), online social support (mediator), and Internet morality (outcome variable) in a sample of 2178 participants aged 12–25 years (M_age = 19.61, SD = 2.39) recruited in a school setting. After controlling for gender, age, and family socioeconomic status, multivariate multiple regression indicated that secure parental attachment was positively associated with adolescent online social support, which in turn was positively associated with Internet morality. Moreover, adolescents’ empathy moderated the relationship between parental attachment and online social support. This association was stronger for adolescents with higher empathy than with lower empathy. These findings improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms whereby these factors interactively influence adolescent Internet morality; furthermore, they hold important implications for effective intervention.

摘要

父母依恋被认为在青少年互联网道德的发展中发挥着重要作用。然而，关于父母依恋的中介和调节机制知之甚少。本研究在 2178 名年龄在 12-25 岁（M_年龄 = 19.61，标准差 = 2.39）在学校环境中招募。在控制了性别、年龄和家庭社会经济地位后，多元多元回归表明安全的父母依恋与青少年在线社会支持呈正相关，而后者又与网络道德呈正相关。此外，青少年的同理心调节了父母依恋与在线社会支持之间的关系。对于同理心较高的青少年，这种关联比同理心较低的青少年更强。这些发现提高了我们对这些因素交互影响青少年互联网道德的潜在机制的理解；此外，它们对有效干预具有重要意义。