A Study on Junior High School Students' Cooperation Willingness Towards Parental Mediation: An FsQCA Analysis Based on Samples from Two Cities in Anhui Province

Abstract

In the digital era, it is significant to study how parents implement parental mediation for junior high school students during their formative years to enhance their cooperation willingness. Based on survey data from 348 junior high school students in two cities in Anhui Province and employing the fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), this study identifies four configurational pathways associated with higher levels of cooperation willingness towards parental mediation. The findings suggest that: (1) The combined use of different restrictive mediation strategies may potentially exert a negative impact on adolescents' cooperation willingness; (2) Active mediation may not only hold practical application value but could also contribute to the effectiveness of restrictive mediation; (3) Parents need to flexibly adjust their parental mediation strategies according to their children's individual characteristics.