Adolescents' social functioning and its relationships with social Internet use, parental care, and peer influence in this time period

The study examined adolescents' social functioning and its relationships with social Internet use, parental care, and peer influence. Data were collected from a sample of 496 adolescents (Male = 18.5%; Female = 81.5%, Mage = 15.9), and the idea that the relationship between parental care, peer influence. and social functioning of adolescents could be influenced by the mediating power of social internet use was tested. Consistent with this hypothesis, the results revealed positive and significant relationships between social functioning, social Internet use (r = .373, p