2010/04/19 by Andrew M. Ledbetter, Sarah N. Heiss, Sarah Heiss +5
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Child Development and Digital Technology #Impact of Technology on Adolescents
paper · doi:10.1080/10510971003603960
openalex publication_date 2010/04/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Following recent discussion of close parent-undergraduate contact via mediated communication, this manuscript reports an empirical study of parental invasive behaviors and children's defensive behaviors. Results reveal patterns of parent/child boundary management via mediated communication, including decreased frequency of invasive/defensive behaviors than in a similar study by Petronio (1994 Petronio , S. ( 1994 ). Privacy binds in family interactions: The case of parental privacy invasion . In W. R. Cupach & B. H. Spitzberg (Eds.), The dark side of interpersonal communication (pp. 241 – 257 ). Hillsdale , NJ : Erlbaum .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]). Telephone invasion at home was associated with invasions when away at college. Discussion of results considers how technology choices might alter the character of parent-child boundary management.