[[alternative]]The relationship among parenting attitude, adolescent online addiction, and parent-child relationship

[[abstract]]Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation among parenting attitude, adolescent online addiction, and parent-child relationship perceived by parents. The target subjects were limited to the families with a 15-18 years old child who used Internet and resided in northern Taiwan. There were 601 completed questionnaires. The instruments used in this study include “Parenting Attitudes Inventory”, “The Parent-Child Addiction Test”, and “Parent-Child Relationship Scale”. The data were analyzed by independent-sample t-test, ANOVA, Pearson production-moment correlation coefficient, stepwise multiple regression and pathway analysis etc. Major research findings are as following: A.Parents’ background and research variables: 1.There were significant differences in parenting attitude across genders, occupations, and the level of education. 2.There were significant differences in parenting attitude and parent-child relationship between parents use Internet and those do not. B.Internet equipment and research variables: 1.There were significant differences in the perception of child Internet addiction and the Parent-child relationship among the families with various ways of connection of Internet. 2.There were significant differences in the perception of child Internet addiction among the families with various amount of computers. C.Child’s gender, Internet use and research variable: 1.There were significant differences in parents’ perception of child Internet addiction between child’s gender. 2.There were significant differences in parents’ perception of child Internet addiction among child’s frequency in Internet access. 3.There were significant differences in the parents’ perception of children Internet addiction and their relationship among child’s Internet time usage. 4.There were significant differences between the parents’ perception of child Internet addiction and parent-child relationship among purposes in Internet use. D.The correlation among parenting attitudes, perception of child Internet addiction and parent-child relationship: 1.The parent-child relationship could be predicted by parenting attitudes and perception of child Internet addiction. 2.The parent’s perception of child Internet addiction could be predicted by parenting attitudes and parent-child relationship. 3.The parent-child relationship could be predicted by parenting attitudes through the perception of child Internet addiction. And the parent’s perception of child Internet addiction could be predicted by parenting attitudes through the parent-child relationship. Finally, several suggestions and directions are provided for the person who is interesting in this area and want to go further or related studies. Limitations of this study and practical implications also discussed.