Parental Information-Use Strategies in a Digital Parenting Environment and Their Associations With Parental Social Support and Self-Efficacy: Cross-Sectional Study
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Parents use diverse strategies for parenting information, with online sources complementing but not replacing offline support. Understanding these patterns helps professionals guide parents toward comprehensive information seeking.
Area Of Science
- Digital Parenting
- Information Science
- Child Development
Background
- Parenting information acquisition is increasingly digital, with social networking sites (SNSs) widely used.
- Effective information-seeking strategies are crucial for navigating parenting challenges in a mixed-media environment.
Purpose Of The Study
- Identify distinct patterns of parenting information use among parents of young children.
- Analyze how parental social support and self-efficacy relate to these information-seeking patterns.
Main Methods
- An internet-based survey collected data from 433 parents of children aged 0-3 years.
- The Partitioning Around Medoids (PAM) algorithm identified four distinct clusters of information-seeking behavior.
- Data included demographics, information source usage, social support, and self-efficacy.
Main Results
- Four clusters emerged: multisource (n=161), offline-centric (n=105), online-centric (n=86), and minimal (n=68) information gatherers.
- Multisource and offline-centric groups reported higher social support.
- Parental self-efficacy was highest in multisource gatherers and lowest in minimal gatherers.
Conclusions
- Online parenting information effectively complements offline sources but cannot fully replace them.
- Parenting professionals should understand current information use and encourage diverse, comprehensive strategies.
- Fostering social relationships is key to enhancing parents' information-seeking approaches.
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