Table 2 Perceived parental style, reported by children and parents, total sample and by country
From: Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children’s screen time
Parental style | Belgium | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Norway | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reported by: | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent | Child | Parent |
TV/DVD | ||||||||||||
Controlling; (N) | 725 | 593 | 580 | 474 | 722 | 614 | 656 | 592 | 578 | 464 | 3261 | 2737 |
I fully agree (%) | 22.3 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 22.5 | 23.9 | 25.8 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 19.0 | 20.0 |
I partly agree (%) | 33.5 | 27.5 | 16.2 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 23.9 | 23.3 | 31.4 | 21.3 | 34.9 | 23.9 | 28.5 |
Neither nor (%) | 17.4 | 17.4 | 26.0 | 18.1 | 24.2 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 31.8 | 19.6 | 22.8 | 14.5 |
I partly disagree (%) | 9.7 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 18.7 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 14.6 |
I fully disagree (%) | 17.1 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 20.4 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 19.6 | 21.5 | 22.4 |
Autonomy-supportive (N) | 722 | 616 | 595 | 512 | 721 | 653 | 654 | 617 | 576 | 476 | 3268 | 2874 |
I fully agree (%) | 55.4 | 66.2 | 47.4 | 70.3 | 61.6 | 82.8 | 52.4 | 77.8 | 26.4 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 70.5 |
I partly agree (%) | 23.8 | 23.7 | 21.3 | 20.3 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 27.3 | 37.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 |
Neither nor (%) | 8.2 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 5.5 | 12.6 | 2.3 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 24.1 | 10.1 | 14.0 | 4.8 |
I partly disagree (%) | 4.7 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
I fully disagree (%) | 7.9 | 3.4 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 1.9 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 10.3 | 1.8 |
Computer/games console | ||||||||||||
Controlling (N) | 716 | 591 | 573 | 473 | 721 | 608 | 652 | 581 | 571 | 457 | 3233 | 2710 |
I fully agree (%) | 22.8 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 25.0 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 18.6 | 19.9 |
I partly agree (%) | 26.3 | 25.4 | 14.0 | 24.7 | 17.5 | 25.8 | 23.5 | 28.2 | 21.4 | 34.1 | 20.7 | 27.5 |
Neither nor (%) | 20.1 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 16.5 | 26.8 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 29.8 | 20.1 | 23.2 | 14.5 |
I partly disagree (%) | 10.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 21.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 14.2 |
I fully disagree (%) | 20.1 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 25.6 | 24.7 | 19.7 | 26.7 | 27.5 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 24.9 | 24.0 |
Autonomy-supportive (N) | 715 | 615 | 590 | 514 | 719 | 645 | 655 | 608 | 578 | 478 | 3257 | 2860 |
I fully agree (%) | 52.9 | 66.7 | 43.6 | 68.1 | 61.9 | 83.3 | 49.8 | 77.8 | 26.5 | 47.7 | 47.9 | 69.9 |
I partly agree (%) | 23.4 | 22.4 | 15.6 | 21.0 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 22.3 | 14.1 | 28.4 | 37.4 | 20.9 | 20.7 |
Neither nor (%) | 10.2 | 7.0 | 18.8 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 2.9 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 23.9 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 5.8 |
I partly disagree (%) | 2.5 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 2.1 |
I fully disagree (%) | 11.0 | 2.3 | 15.6 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 11.0 | 1.5 |