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October 12, 2025JMIR Pediatrics and ParentingOpen Access

Effect of Digital Safety Interventions on Parental Practices in Safeguarding Children’s Digital Activities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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MZMaggie ZgamboEAEdah AnyangoDADiana Arabiat

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Overview

Systematic review shows digital safety interventions enhance parental practices, suggesting improved outcomes for children's online safety.

Key Points

  • Digital safety interventions significantly improve parents' knowledge and skills to enhance children's digital activities.
  • Results indicate a notable reduction in children's screen time (Hedges g=–0.47) following parental involvement in digital safety programs.
  • The systematic review included 11 studies, with a meta-analysis based on 8 studies revealing substantial results.
  • Heterogeneity was high among randomized controlled trials, while quasi-experimental studies showed consistent outcomes.

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Zgambo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ebe3d6becc64ad52fdaea6https://doi.org/10.2196/70745
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