Parental Mediation Questionnaire Test

Understand how your family guides a schoolchild’s digital media use in about 6 minutes. 28 items deliver clear, actionable insights on mediation style and comfort to support safer, smarter habits.

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October 2, 2025

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How the Scales are Structured

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74/91

Mediation Comfort (MC)

Measures how comfortable and psychologically at ease a parent feels when guiding and mediating their child’s digital behavior.

Low comfort

High comfort

0 – 55: Low comfort | 56 – 91: High comfort

A score of 74 indicates high comfort, suggesting the parent generally feels confident and at ease when mediating the child’s media use.

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10/86

Active Communication (AC)

This scale measures how openly and regularly a parent and child discuss the child's digital activities, rules, and experiences.

Limited communication

Active communication

0 – 54: Limited communication | 55 – 86: Active communication

A score of 10 falls in the Limited communication range, suggesting digital topics are discussed infrequently or with limited openness.

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43/63

Joint Activities (JA)

Measures how often and how actively a parent and child engage together in shared activities within the digital environment.

Low collaboration

High collaboration

0 – 37: Low collaboration | 38 – 63: High collaboration

A score of 43 falls in the High collaboration range, suggesting frequent joint parent–child participation in the digital space that supports ongoing shared understanding.

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74/98

Intervention-Ignoring (I)

Measures how actively parents intervene in or, conversely, ignore their child’s digital activity.

More ignoring

Active intervention

0 – 64: More ignoring | 65 – 98: Active intervention

A score of 74 falls in the Active intervention range, suggesting the parent typically stays involved and responds to the child’s digital activity rather than overlooking it.

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47/74

Restrictions And Limits (RAL)

Measures how strongly a parent uses prohibitions and restrictions to control a child’s digital activities.

More freedom

Strict restrictions

0 – 36: More freedom | 37 – 74: Strict restrictions

A score of 47 falls in the strict restrictions range, suggesting the parent more often relies on rules and limits to manage the child’s digital behavior.

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11/95

Control–Indulgence (C)

Measures the degree to which parents lean toward controlling versus permissive approaches to a child’s digital behavior.

More permissive

More controlling

0 – 58: More permissive | 59 – 95: More controlling

A score of 11 falls in the more permissive range, suggesting relatively low parental control over the child’s digital behavior.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Parents of schoolchildren

47%OF USERS

Moms and dads use it to see how they guide screen time, online behavior, and device habits at home.

Family psychologists and counselors

31%OF USERS

Specialists take it (or give it to parents) to quickly map family mediation strategies and plan targeted recommendations.

Teachers and school staff

22%OF USERS

Educators use it to understand common home media rules and coordinate consistent guidance with families.

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Comfort of Mediation (CoM)

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Normal range

43.8 — 76.1

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Active Communication (AC)

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26.7

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13.7 — 39.6

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Collaborative Activity (CA)

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5.7 — 28.3

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Intervention-ignoring (I)

Average

65.6

Normal range

48.6 — 82.6

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Prohibitions and Restrictions (PaR)

Average

23.2

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12.9 — 33.6

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Control-Permissiveness (C)

Average

50.6

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38.7 — 62.6

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It assesses common parental strategies used to guide a schoolchild’s use of digital devices and online activities. It also measures how psychologically comfortable the family feels when applying these strategies.

Who should complete the questionnaire?

It is intended for parents or primary caregivers who regularly influence the child’s digital media use. It may also be used in family work when caregiver practices are the focus.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Completion time is about 6 minutes. The questionnaire contains 28 items.

What time period should responses be based on?

Responses should reflect typical behavior and expectations in recent weeks. If routines vary, select the option that best represents what occurs most often.

How are the results used?

Results provide scale scores that summarize mediation methods and the family’s comfort with those methods. They are used to identify strengths and areas for support in consultation, training, or research settings.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Parental Mediation Questionnaire Test

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This self-report measure assesses how parents guide and support a child’s engagement with digital media. The Parental Mediation Questionnaire is designed to characterize common family strategies related to oversight, communication, and shared media practices (Livingstone & Helsper). It contains 28 items and typically takes about 6 minutes to complete.

Items ask respondents to rate routine attitudes and behaviors parents use when a child uses digital devices and online content. Results can support clinical formulation or program evaluation by identifying relative strengths and potential gaps in family media practices, including the perceived comfort or strain associated with implementing these strategies. The Parental Mediation Questionnaire is commonly used in counseling, parent-focused interventions, and research settings to summarize patterns of parental mediation in a standardized format.

Author: E. J. Helsper, S. Livingstone

Literature: Nathanson, A. I. Identifying and explaining the relationship between parental mediation and children’s aggression. Communication Research. 1999.

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