How parental mediation relates to digital device use in primary and secondary school students: evidence for the statistical mediation of parent–child interaction quality

Introduction Digital device use has become increasingly common among children and adolescents, making it important to understand how parental mediation strategies relate to students’ device-use behaviors and the family relational context in which such behaviors occur. Methods This cross-sectional, multi-informant questionnaire study examined associations among parental mediation strategies, parent–child interaction quality, and students’ digital device use. Participants were 1,235 paired primary