Moment-to-Moment Observation of Parental Media Use and Parent-Child Interaction: Quality and Media Multitasking

Linder, Lisa; McDaniel, Brandon T.; Jaffe, Heather

doi:10.1155/2022/4896637

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“…Yet, not all parental media use has negative effects on parentchild interactions. Parents engage with media for various beneficial reasons, such as staying connected with the world outside their home or keeping in touch with loved ones during the challenging early days of parenting (Radesky et al, 2016a;Wolfers, 2021;Coyne et al, 2022;Linder et al, 2022). Moreover, qualitative research has demonstrated that parents with children younger than 7 years old often utilize media to seek out information and social support when dealing with stress (Wolfers, 2021).…”

Section: Regulatory Media Use For Parentsmentioning

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“…Mixed findings around regulatory media use may be due to differences in how it is measured and interpreted. Prior research has primarily investigated parental media use in a qualitative way, either through interviews about parents' motivations for media use (Torres et al, 2021;Wolfers, 2021) or by observing momentto-moment parental media use in public (Radesky et al, 2014;Linder et al, 2022), exploring various reasons for parental media use in daily parenting. These qualitative studies have provided rich data to develop quantitative scales to test hypotheses and the generalizability of findings, such as associations between regulatory media use and parent-child dynamics and child development in large representative studies.…”

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Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

Suh,

Kirkorian,

Barr

et al. 2024

Front. Dev. Psychol.

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IntroductionParents often use media to manage their own or their child's emotions and behaviors, which is called “regulatory media use.” While the use of media to alleviate negative emotions and behaviors may be helpful in the short-term, there may be negative consequences in the long-term (e.g., for children's development of self-regulatory skills). Research remains limited, often relying on a single, binary question asking whether a parent ever uses media to calm their child. To enable future research on the effects of regulatory media use, this paper described initial scale development efforts for measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves (parent scale) and their children (child scale).MethodsThese scales were tested in an aggregate sample of parents with children 1–10 years old, and with each of three subsamples representing parents of children in infancy (15-25 months old), early childhood (2–5 years old), and middle childhood (5–10 years old).ResultsOverall, the results provide initial support for the scales as a reliable tool for measuring regulatory media use. Both scales for parents and children had a stable three-factor structure that held within each of the three subsamples. Further, both scales had predictive validity, each predicting parenting stress and child screen time.DiscussionBuilding upon earlier studies that often focused on single items to measure regulatory purposes, the initial scales appear to capture a multifaceted range of regulatory uses of media. The comprehensive measurement of regulatory media use enabled by these scales can inform more effective and tailored media guidelines and interventions, and the potential applications and implications for future research are discussed.

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Section: Lack Of Comprehensive Measures Of Regulatory Media Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

Suh,

Kirkorian,

Barr

et al. 2024

Front. Dev. Psychol.

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“…Studies have shown that parent digital media use is associated with the quantity (Radesky et al, 2015) and quality of parent-child interactions (Ochoa et al, 2021), such as lower responsivity (Hiniker et al, 2015), and hostility toward children who want attention (Radesky et al, 2014). In looking at family mealtimes as an important family routine, research finds both parent and child media use at the table to be associated with less conversation, less nutritious eating and lower parent-child interaction quality (Chitakunye and Takhar (2014); Linder et al, 2022;Van den Bulck & Eggermont, 2006;Yardi & Bruckman, 2011). Thus, both parents' (technoference) and youth's mealtime media use seem to contribute to displacement of parentchild interaction.…”

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Parental Monitoring of Early Adolescent Social Technology Use in the US: A Mixed-Method Study

Hernandez,

Ben-Joseph,

Reich

et al. 2023

J Child Fam Stud

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Parental monitoring of digital media use evolves throughout childhood and adolescence and become increasingly important when autonomy seeking on social technologies emerges during early adolescence. We investigate a survey cohort of 248 US parents of early adolescents and their parental media monitoring behaviors (i.e., restrictive, active, deference), the family context (i.e., closeness and parent technoference), and perceptions of child’s problematic internet use. Using an explanatory mixed methods approach, the results of this study reveal that restrictive parental monitoring of adolescents’ digital media use is positively associated with child’s problematic internet use. However, active and deference monitoring are not associated with early adolescent problematic internet use and positively associated with family contexts. Familial closeness and technoference are consistent negative and positive correlates, respectively, of perceived problematic use among early adolescents. Qualitative interviews with a subset of 31 parents reveal while most parents report restrictive behaviors, multiple techniques (e.g., active, surveillant, and deference) are also leveraged when navigating their child’s online behaviors. Parents tended to converge on the same types and reasons for restrictive monitoring of media, whereas for other approaches the reasons behind their decision-making were quite divergent. The implication of this study is that parental media monitoring behaviors during early adolescence are rapidly evolving and not confined to a singular strategy, often related to prevention of or intervention on their child’s online behavior patterns. Understanding the family dynamics and parent involvement of adolescent’s digital media use remains critical in prevention of child’s problematic behaviors and promotion of positive online behaviors.

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“…The term technoference describes the phenomenon whereby digital technology frequently interrupts our lives through beeping signals, incoming calls, or vibrations (17,18). The disturbing effect of MTSDs is not limited to adult's social interactions (17): it is also observed in parentchild interactions, as demonstrated by several observational studies (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). For example, Lemish et al (21) conducted a field study at a playground involving 60 families.…”

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Association between the use of mobile touchscreen devices and the quality of parent-child interaction in preschoolers

Liszkai-Peres,

Budai,

Kocsis

et al. 2024

Front. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry

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The early use of mobile touchscreen devices (MTSDs), including smartphones and tablets, may reduce the frequency and quality of social interactions between children and parents, which could impact their relationship and have negative consequences on children's socio-cognitive development. In this study, we applied a parental questionnaire and a behavioral observational method in a laboratory setting (free and structured play sessions) to examine the association between preschool MTSD use and the quantity and quality of parent–child relationships. Our findings revealed that preschoolers who regularly use MTSDs (n = 47, aged 4–7 years, engaging in MTSD use for at least 2 h per week) are spending less time with their parents and exhibited lower quality interactions compared to non-users (n = 25). However, shared offline leisure time with parents serves as a protective factor among MTSD-users. Furthermore, our study demonstrated a positive association between parents' and children's media use. The results suggest that preschool MTSD use may have unfavorable effects on parent–child interactions, both in terms of quantity and quality. Alternatively, lower quantity and quality of parent–child interaction may lead to higher MTSD use in the child. Based on the results, the importance of engaging in sufficient offline family interactions besides digital media use should be emphasized to parents of preschoolers, and health organizations and governments should include this in their recommendations and policies concerning childhood digital media use.

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Moment-to-Moment Observation of Parental Media Use and Parent-Child Interaction: Quality and Media Multitasking

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

Parental Monitoring of Early Adolescent Social Technology Use in the US: A Mixed-Method Study

Association between the use of mobile touchscreen devices and the quality of parent-child interaction in preschoolers

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