Let’s talk about risks. Parental and peer mediation and their relation to adolescents’ perceptions of on- and off-screen risk behavior

Abstract Studies of mediation practices typically focus on parental mediation, but during adolescence parents’ impact decreases relative to that peers. This study compares perceived and peer in the context media portrayals risk behavior adolescents’ perceptions thereof. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 278 adolescents aged 12 17 (M = 14.18, SD 1.62, 51.4 % girls) using Hayes’s process macro (model 4) investigate direct indirect associations between media-related cognitions, social norms. Findings indicate are related cognitions norms equally important different ways.