H1a: An authoritarian (H1a) and permissive (H1b) parenting style will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of their children’s risky online activities, whereas an authoritative style will not.
H2a: Parental reports of difficulty communicating with their children about online risks will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of risky activities.
H2b: Youth reports of difficulty communicating with their parents about online risks will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of risky activities
H3: Third-person perceptions will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of risky activities.
H4: Private computing time will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of risky activities.
H5: Time online will increase the likelihood of parental underestimation of risky activities.
H6: Parents of older children will be more likely to underestimate risky activities
• A total of 454 matched parent and child pairs were selected from Parent who response invitation email to participate in the study. Parents who signed an electronic consent form were chosen randomly.
• 219 Of the adult respondents, 94.1% were women, and nearly the same percentage classified themselves as White/Caucasian. Therefore, our parent sample is mostly generalizable to mothers, who also are most likely to be responsible for setting household rules for their children’s behavior.
• A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to investigation outcome