The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between parental dimensions, estimated by children and problematic Internet use among young adolescents. The study also examined the relationship between parental control of their children's online activities and problematic Internet use. For this purpose, 218 eighth and ninth graders completed a questionnaire composed of general data and...

In a court-mandated, child-focused class for divorcing parents, parental mastery of skills taught were evaluated both immediately after the class and 6 months later Parents perceived the classes 10 be realistic and uspful. Skills were effectively learned and were maintained over the evaluation period. Parents reported that they were successful in dramatically lowering exposure of their children...

Research throughout much of Africa indicates that the first sexual experiences of today’s young people are taking place in a different social context from those of previous generations.1 Increasing urbanization, modernization and education, together with exposure to Western media, appear to have led to a decline in traditional values and, in particular, to have reduced the importance of virgini...

Media use has changed considerably during the past five years and earlier research has produced contradictory results on how media use links to children’s psychosocial factors.This study charts the access to and use of several media technologies among 825 Norwegian schoolchildren between 10 and 12 years of age. The questionnaire contained items concerning children’s self-concept, parental monit...

In this paper we merge individual census data, individual patenting data, and individual IQ data from Finnish Defence Force to look at the probability of becoming an innovator and at the returns to invention. On the former, we find that: (i) it is strongly correlated with parental income; (ii) this correlation is greatly decreased when we control for parental education and child IQ. Turning to ...

Security managers are always being offered new methods to test the security of their systems. Unfamiliarity with the terminology and types of testing can result in the manager not getting the services he or she is seeking. This article presents a taxonomy of terms in order to classify the different types of services available, and explain how each technique evaluates security controls in real-w...

Provides an overview of some of the findings of a recently completed study of school choice in 33 local schools which may be indicative of the effect of an increase in the marketisation of schools. Since it is unlikely that debate over parental choice can be settled by theoretical argument alone and it may also be too early to understand the full implications of the relevant recent government r...

We develop and estimate an equilibrium model of ability tracking. A school allocates students into tracks based on their ability and then chooses trackspecific inputs to test score production. Parents choose parental effort in response. We estimate the model using data from the ECLS-K. We use the estimated model to quantify the effects of allowing ability tracking, making proficiency standards ...

Recent legislation in the Netherlands requires that children should play a part in decision making regarding their own health care. So far, however, little attention has been given to the child’s participation in medical interviews. In order to get a grip on aspects of asymmetry and control in doctor–parent–child communication, the present study explores the turntaking patterns in this triad at...