A study of the relationships among mothers’ smartphone addiction levels, parenting efficacy and parenting stress

Hyun, Eun-Ja; 조메리명희,; Sun, Cho Kyung; 김태영,

doi:10.18023/kjece.2013.33.3.009

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“…Kildare and Middlemiss [20], conducted a literature review and found that parents who excessively used mobile phones are less sensitive and responsive to their children, and that this behavior leads to poor parent-child interaction. Maternal smartphone dependency was also found to increase parenting stress [53] and negative parenting attitudes [54]. This may be explained by findings from previous studies that indicate that higher levels of smartphone dependency can result in mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem [55] that can negatively influence parenting behavior toward adolescent, and promote rejection, coercion and chaos.…”

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Intergenerational Transmissions of Mother–Adolescent Smartphone Dependency: The Mediating Role of Negative Parenting and the Moderating Role of Gender

Kim

Kang

Lee

2020

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Given the prevalence and undesirable consequences of smartphone dependency among adolescents, it is necessary to explore the influencing factors of adolescent smartphone dependency. The aim of this study was to examine the intergenerational transmission of mother–adolescent smartphone dependency and the mediating role of negative parenting, moderated by adolescent gender. Data for 2541 middle school students (mean aged = 13 years)–mother dyads were obtained from the first wave of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018 (KCYPS 2018). The moderated mediation model using Hayes PROCESS macro (Model 14) was employed to test the study hypothesis. The moderated mediation model revealed that maternal smartphone dependency was associated with adolescent smartphone dependency. Perceived negative parenting mediated this link and adolescent gender moderated the relationship between negative parenting and adolescent smartphone dependency, especially for adolescent girls. Our findings showed that both maternal smartphone dependency and negative parenting were determinants of adolescent smartphone dependency, suggesting that both factors were important for understanding these issues. Moreover, the mediating role of negative parenting (between maternal and adolescent smartphone dependency) implies that parental education programs designed to improve negative parenting may reduce adolescent smartphone dependency, especially for adolescent girls.

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