Parental mediation patterns and children's digital resilience in rural China: A latent profile analysis

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-02-02 DOI:10.1111/ijsw.70062

Wei Ren, Xiaowen Zhu, Rong Huang

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Abstract

Recent scholarship has highlighted a shift from risk avoidance to emphasizing children's active role in coping with online challenges. However, research on such processes remains scarce. This study adopted a person-centered approach to examine how different parental mediation patterns influence rural children's digital resilience (DR), considering children's responses as key mechanisms shaping this relationship. Using survey data from 713 rural children in China, latent profile analysis identified four parental mediation patterns: communicative regulators, rule-setters, tech-monitors, and intensive engagers. Rule-setters emerged as the most prevalent pattern, yet communicative regulators and intensive engagers were more effective in fostering children's DR. These patterns promoted resilience primarily through enhanced child-initiated communication, whereas tech-monitors heightened children's resistance, thereby undermining resilience. The findings clarify how parental strategies translate into children's DR in rural contexts and contribute to children's protection in the digital era.

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父母中介模式与中国农村儿童数字弹性：一个潜在剖面分析

最近的学术研究强调了从风险规避到强调儿童在应对网络挑战中的积极作用的转变。然而，对这一过程的研究仍然很少。本研究采用以人为本的研究方法，考察了不同父母调解模式对农村儿童数字弹性（DR）的影响，认为儿童的反应是形成这种关系的关键机制。利用中国713名农村儿童的调查数据，潜在特征分析确定了四种父母调解模式：沟通监管者、规则制定者、技术监督者和密集参与者。规则制定者是最普遍的模式，但沟通监管者和密集参与者在培养儿童的dr方面更有效。这些模式主要通过增强儿童主动沟通来促进弹性，而技术监视器则增强了儿童的抵抗力，从而破坏了弹性。研究结果阐明了父母的策略如何在农村环境中转化为儿童的DR，并有助于在数字时代保护儿童。

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International Journal of Social Welfare SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Social Welfare publishes original articles in English on social welfare and social work. Its interdisciplinary approach and comparative perspective promote examination of the most pressing social welfare issues of the day by researchers from the various branches of the applied social sciences. The journal seeks to disseminate knowledge and to encourage debate about these issues and their regional and global implications.