Does parents' perceived style of setting limits to gaming matter? The interplay between profiles of parental mediation and BIS/BAS sensitivity in problematic gaming and online gambling
Bradt, Lowie; Grosemans, Eva; De Cock, Rozaneet al.
communication style; BIS; BAS; video game; digital game; limits-setting; adolescents; gaming; gambling
Abstract :
[en] Introduction
Parents try to prevent possible negative outcomes associated with gaming by setting rules on their adolescent's gaming behavior (i.e., restrictive mediation). Parents can use either more autonomy-supportive or more controlling styles to communicate those rules. Using a person-centered approach, this study aims to, first, identify profiles of parents' perceived degree of restrictive mediation in gaming and styles of communicating these rules (i.e., autonomy-supportive and controlling); second, to examine how adolescents in different profiles differ in terms of maladaptive gaming outcomes (i.e., problematic gaming, simulated, and online gambling); third, to investigate the moderating role of gaming frequency and adolescents' personality (i.e., behavioral inhibition system [BIS] sensitivity and behavioral activation system [BAS] sensitivity) in the associations between the parental profiles and the outcomes.
Methods
The study used quantitative, cross-sectional survey data from Belgian adolescents (N = 1651, mean age = 14.00 years, 51.2% boys), collected between November 2021 and February 2022 in schools.
Results
Cluster analysis yielded four profiles of perceived restrictive mediation: an exclusively controlling one, an autonomy-supportive one, one where parents used a perceived mix of both communication styles, and one where there was an overall perceived lack of restrictive mediation. Adolescents in the controlling profile displayed the most maladaptive outcomes. Some of the associations between the parental profiles and the outcomes were stronger for more frequent gamers and for adolescents scoring higher on both BIS and BAS sensitivity.
Conclusion
Associations between the parental profiles and gaming outcomes were theoretically meaningful, yet small in terms of effect size.
Disciplines :
Communication & mass media Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Bradt, Lowie
Grosemans, Eva
De Cock, Rozane
Dupont, Bruno ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction > Langue et littérature allemandes modernes
Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Soenens, Bart
Language :
English
Title :
Does parents' perceived style of setting limits to gaming matter? The interplay between profiles of parental mediation and BIS/BAS sensitivity in problematic gaming and online gambling
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