Parents and their emerging adult children are highly connected via mobile phones in the digital age. This digital connection has potential implications for the development of autonomy and sustained parent-child relatedness across the course of emerging adulthood. The present study uses the qualitatively coded content of nearly 30,000 U.S. parent-college student text messages, exchanged by 238 college students and their mothers and fathers over the course of 2 weeks, to identify distinct dyadic parent-emerging adult digital interaction styles across dimensions of responsiveness and monitoring. Results reveal that digital interaction styles are largely consistent across age, gender, and parent education as well as reflective (i.e., texting patterns of parents and emerging adults mirror one another), with little evidence of overparenting profiles. Results also show that those college students who are reciprocally disengaged in text messaging with their parents perceive their parents as less digitally supportive. However, no styles were associated with perceived parental pressure to digitally engage. Findings suggest that the mobile phone is likely a valuable tool to maintain connection with few risks for undermining the privacy and autonomy of emerging adults. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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二元家长-大学生数字交互风格。

在数字时代，父母和他们即将成年的孩子通过手机保持高度联系。这种数字连接对于整个成年过程中自主性的发展和持续的亲子关系具有潜在的影响。本研究利用 238 名大学生及其父母在两周内交换的近 30,000 条美国家长与大学生短信的定性编码内容，来识别跨维度的独特的二元家长新兴成人数字交互风格。响应能力和监控。结果显示，数字交互风格在年龄、性别和家长教育程度方面基本一致，并且具有反思性（即父母和新兴成年人的短信模式彼此镜像），几乎没有证据表明过度养育的情况。研究结果还显示，那些不与父母互发短信的大学生认为，父母在数字化方面的支持较少。然而，没有任何风格与感受到的父母进行数字化互动的压力相关。研究结果表明，手机可能是一种保持联系的宝贵工具，而且几乎不会损害新兴成年人的隐私和自主权。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。