Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Research

Studying the Amount, Motivations and Perception of Consequences of Using the Social Networks Based on Quality of the Relationship between Attachment Styles with Perception of Parental Rejection and Control in Adolescents

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors
Parisa Sadat Seyed Mousavi 1
Maryam Falahatpishe Baboli 1
Bahare Anjomshoae 2
1 Family research institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran, Tehran
2 Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
Abstract
Due to the importance of user behavior in social networks especially in adolescents, the purpose of this study was investigating the amount, motivations and perception of consequences of using the social networks based on the quality of the relationship between attachment styles with perception of parental rejection and control in adole-scents. The population of the research included all of the 15-18 years old adolescents of Tehran from which 146 students (77 girls and 69 boys) were chosen by cluster sampling and completed the Inventory of Parent & Peer Attachment, Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Control, and Social Network Using Checklist. The results showed that the quality of the relationship with parents has a key role in prediction of the amount and the way of using the social networks and in addition could affect the consequences of using these networks. In addition, increasing of the parental control unexpectedly could not decrease the using of social networks. According to the results, it seems that although most of the adolescents are using the social networks, the relationship with parents can be critical in predicting the motives of using these networks.
Keywords
Social network
attachment
rejection
Control
Adolescents
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Journal of Family Research
Volume 13, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Winter 2018
Pages 531-549