Adolescents' risky online behaviours: The influence of gender, religion, and parenting style

Authors:
Wilfred W.F. Lau;Allan H.K. Yuen
Affiliations:
-;-
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2013

Citing 6
Cited 0

Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies

Ethics and Information Technology
Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality

Computers & Education
Internet parenting styles and the impact on Internet use of primary school children

Computers & Education
To control or not to control? Parenting behaviours and adolescent online aggression

Computers in Human Behavior
Long-term study of safe Internet use of young children

Computers & Education
Impact of Internet Literacy, Internet Addiction Symptoms, and Internet Activities on Academic Performance

Social Science Computer Review

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

This study explored the influence of gender, religion, and parenting style on risky online behaviours in a sample of 825 Secondary 2 students in Hong Kong. Three risky online behaviours, namely, unauthorised acts (UNAC), internet stickiness (INST), and plagiarism (PLAG) were examined. It was found that males tended to be involved in more risky online behaviours than did females. Christians were no different from non-Christians in terms of risky online behaviours. Parenting style did not seem to be effective in reducing risky online behaviours. There was some evidence that gender moderated the relationship between risky online behaviours and parenting style. Taken together, gender, religion, and parenting style predicted risky online behaviours significantly. Implications of the findings are discussed.