Exploring the Relationship between Parenting Styles and Preschoolers’ 3C Products Usage：a Cross Regional Study

• Main Authors: LIN,CHIU-LAN, 林秋蘭
• Other Authors: LAI,HUNG-SHENG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zd2q7d

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 青少年兒童福利碩士學位學程 === 105 === The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences of parental rearing styles between the two cities, and to test the relation between the preschool children of different family background and children's use of 3C products. After review of the literature, and experts and scholars, the author designs the questionnaire of “A cross-regional Comparison to the Relationship between Parental Rearing Styles and Preschool Children's use of 3C Products”. Based on purposive sampling, questionnaires are conducted among 941 children’s families in New Taipei City of Taiwan and Fuzhou City of Fujian Province. Totally 941 questionnaires are sent out. In New Taipei City, the questionnaire is sent out for 500 pieces and is called back for 364 pieces, with callback rate of 72.8 percent. There is 45 pieces of ineffective and 309 pieces of effective questionnaire, and the effective callback rate is 84.9 percent. In Fuzhou City, the questionnaire is sent out for 441 pieces and is called back for 348 pieces, with callback rate of 78.9 percent. There is 74 pieces of ineffective and 286 pieces of effective questionnaire, and the effective callback rate is 82.2 percent. First, the parental rearing styles of “liberal authoritative” and “tyranny authoritative” in Fuzhou City are significantly higher than those of New Taipei City, while that of “loose management” and “negligent and indifferent” are significantly lower. Second, the parental rearing styles in New Taipei City will change with the age and gender of children, but it is reverse in Fuzhou City. Third, the parental rearing styles in New Taipei City change with “family structure” and “monthly income”, but it is reverse in Fuzhou City. Fourth, those parents who have not completed the high school tend to “loose management”, “tyranny authoritative” and “negligent and indifferent”, while those who have accepted college education tend to “liberal authoritative”. That is the same in both cities. Fifth, for the purpose of the use of 3C products under different background, the percentage of learning purpose in New Taipei City is higher than that in Fuzhou City; the percentage of leisure purpose in Fuzhou City is higher than that in New Taipei City. Sixth, for children in New Taipei City, it is more obvious in the number of usage, emotional interaction and usage impact than that in Fuzhou City. Seventh, in New Taipei City, for children of different gender and age, it has greater impact on girls than boys in the aspects of the number of usage, emotional interaction, life routine and usage impact, and it has the greatest impact on children whose ages are over 3 but under 4; however, there are no differences in Fuzhou City. Eighth, in New Taipei City, the usage impact is greater to the children of “nuclear family” than that of “stem family”. In Fuzhou City, it has greater impact on children of “stem family” than that of "nuclear families" in the number of using 3C products. Ninth, the usage impact of the children's use of 3C products is different from parental age in New Taipei City, and it has greater impact on parents aged 18 to 25 years old than that of 26 to 35 years old; while there are no differences in Fuzhou City. Tenth, in New Taipei City, parents with the educational level of high school or below have greatest impact on the number of usage, emotional interaction, life routine, and usage impact in the children's use of 3C products. There is greater impact on the lower educational level than the higher educational level to parents; while there are no differences in Fuzhou City. Eleventh, for the children's use of 3C products, the monthly income of family with NT$ 20,009 ~ 40,000 is higher than that of NT$ 40,001 ~ 60,000 in the number of usage, emotional interaction, life routine, and usage impact; while there are no differences in Fuzhou City. Twelfth, for parental rearing style and the children's use of 3C products in both cities, they are relevant between the parental rearing style of “liberal authoritative”, “tyranny authoritative”, “loose management” and “negligent and indifferent”, and the number of usage, emotional interaction and usage impact. Thirteenth, there are different relations between the parental rearing style of” liberal authoritative”, “tyranny authoritative”, “loose management” and “negligent and indifferent” and the purpose, the number of usage, emotional interaction and life routine of children's use of 3C products.