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Development and validation of a comprehensive digital parenting scale

Around the world, adolescents are more digitally connected than ever, and access to digital devices has become a lightning rod of conflict in many homes. To date, research on best practices in digital parenting has been hampered by the absence of a well validated measure that reflects the mutli-faceted realities of parenting in the contemporary digital age.

Citation:
Ferguson AM, Richards M, Gunschera LJ, ……Modecki KL, Goldberg RE, et al. Development and validation of a comprehensive digital parenting scale. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 2026;22:101098.

Keywords:
Parenting; technology; adolescence; social media; questionnaire; family

Abstract:
Around the world, adolescents are more digitally connected than ever, and access to digital devices has become a lightning rod of conflict in many homes. To date, research on best practices in digital parenting has been hampered by the absence of a well validated measure that reflects the mutli-faceted realities of parenting in the contemporary digital age.