- Title
- Parents’ perspectives and experiences regarding the impact of adolescents’ use of social media on the parent-adolescent relationship
- Creator
- Poswa, Prudence
- Subject
- Mass media and children
- Subject
- Parent and teenager -- Psychological aspects Parenthood -- Psychological aspects Adolescent psychotherapy Communication in families
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/43290
- Identifier
- vital:36782
- Description
- Parent-adolescent relationships are perceived to be an essential part of human relationships. They affect areas of social development and relationship formation in the adolescent’s current and future life. With today’s rapidly changing and technologically advancing world, adolescents as well as parents, increasingly spend a large amount of time engaging on social media. This may have an influence on the parent-adolescent relationship. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the impact of social media on the parent-adolescent relationship as experienced by parents. A qualitative research approach was used with a descriptive, explorative and contextual research design. Data was collected through the use of individual, semi-structured interviews. This data was analysed by following the guidelines provided by Tesch and Guba’s model was used to ensure the trustworthiness of the study. This study has sought to expand the knowledge base regarding the perceived impact of social media on the parent-child relationship and to offer recommendations regarding how the effective use of social media can enhance the relationship between parent and child.
- Format
- xi, 133 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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