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September 19, 2025Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOpen Access

Parental Internet-Specific Rules and the Onset of Adolescents’ Problematic Social Media Use: Prospective Study Testing Potential Moderators

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SGSuzanne M. GeurtsIKIna M. KoningRERegina J. J. M. van den Eijnden

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Overview

Prospective study assesses how parental mediation affects problematic social media use in adolescents, suggesting age-specific strategies.

Key Points

  • Stricter parental internet rules can lower the risk of problematic social media use in younger adolescents.
  • For older adolescents, strict rules may increase the likelihood of developing problematic social media habits.
  • The effectiveness of parental mediation varies significantly with adolescent age and potentially gender.
  • Demographic and parenting factors have limited interactions with rule-setting in predicting social media issues.

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Geurts et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d435ed713b0b5dfea75f6dhttps://doi.org/10.2196/64252
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