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可视化、互动与评估以及记忆:社交媒体育儿方式如何调节权威型育儿与年轻成人心理健康之间的关系

 

Authors Han R 

Received 17 March 2025

Accepted for publication 9 July 2025

Published 20 September 2025 Volume 2025:18 Pages 2053—2065

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S528618

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Professor Mei-Chun Cheung

Ruixia Han1,2 

1School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People’s Republic of China

Correspondence: Ruixia Han, School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-21-13636629797, Fax +86-21-34202854, Email annahan08@shisu.edu.cn

Introduction: The impact of parenting styles on the mental health of young people has long gained widespread attention, yet in the age of social media, do different forms of social media parenting practice have an impact on the relationship between the two, and how does this impact play out? There is a lack of multifactorial mechanistic analyses in this area.
Methods: Based on online survey data from 413 young adults aged 18– 24 in China, this study integrates measurements from Thimm et al and Modecki et al on digital parenting practices to examine the roles of visualization, interaction and evaluation, and positive media memory in the relationship between authoritative parenting style (assessed via the PAQ-R and EMBU-C) and young adults’ mental health (measured by the MHC–SF) by a chain mediation analysis.
Results: (1) there was a significant correlation between authoritative parenting style and young adults’ mental health; (2) Interaction & evaluation and positive media memory independently mediate the relationship between authoritative parenting and young adult mental health, but visualization practice do not.(3) Visualization practice, interaction and evaluation, and positive media memory act as pairwise and triadic chain mediators between authoritative parenting and young adult mental health.
Conclusion: (1) Digital parenting practices significantly mediate the relationship between authoritative parenting style and young adult mental health. (2) Visualization practice promotes young adult mental health in authoritative family by influencing interaction and evaluation and thus positive media memory. (3) Positive media memory plays a key mediating function in each chain of influence. This implies that various forms of social media parenting practices primarily influence the mental health of young adults in authoritative family in a chain effect mode.

Keywords: digital parenting, authoritative parenting, mental health, visualization practice, interaction, evaluation, positive media memory