An exploratory study on parental monitoring of adolescent cell phone use

33^rd Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit

October 08-10, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Susan Solecki

Drexel University, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

Research shows that in children the exposure to violence in the media contributes to aggressive behavior, desensitization to violence, nightmares and the fear of being harmed. The accessibility and magnitude of variable electronic device usage adds to a growing concern for potential harm for children from media exposure. The education of parents to monitor and limit cell phone use may be a protective mechanism for their adolescents. The purpose of this study is to better understand parentsâ?? knowledge and attitudes toward online safety, the self-reported parental monitoring behaviors of adolescent cell phone use and identify any gaps in parental knowledge related to risk reduction associated with media exposure by adolescents. This study also explores how the parent-adolescent relationship influences the monitoring process and outcomes. This qualitative study included 20 semi-structured interviews of parents who discussed their monitoring experiences related to their adolescentsâ?? cell phone use. This studyâ??s findings indicate many parentsâ?? lack of understanding, technical skills, and participation with their childrenâ??s online lives is creating a disconnection between parents and their technologically savvy teenagers. The findings identify psychosocial determinants of health that are barriers to parental knowledge of reducing risk associated with adolescentâ??s media exposure. Finally, this studyâ??s findings illustrate that the monitoring process and the outcomes of the monitoring process are influenced by the parent-adolescent relationship.

Biography :

Susan Solecki is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Drexel University. She is Board Certified as both a Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She has thirty-five years of varied experience as a Clinician, Mentor, and Preceptor in the areas of pediatrics, women's health, adult health and occupational health. She maintains current clinical practice at an outpatient pediatric office in Philadelphia. She has completed her Doctorate in the DrPH Program in the School of Public Health at Drexel University with her research focusing on violence in the adolescent population.