Parent–child relationship and smartphone use disorder among Chinese adolescents: The mediating role of quality of life and the moderating role of educational level

Gao, Qiufeng; Sun, Ruimei; Fu, En; Jia, Ge; Xiang, Yanhui

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106065

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“…A high score corresponds to a high tendency of problematic mobile phone use. The scale demonstrates satisfactory reliability and validity (Gao et al, 2020). The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.90 in this study.…”

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confidence: 55%

From early to late adolescence: Effect of problematic mobile phone use on depression of adolescents

Kong

Gao

et al. 2021

School Psychology International

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Problematic mobile phone use can predict depression in adolescents, but few studies have thoroughly explored its internal mechanism. This study surveyed 1,768 Chinese adolescents in three educational levels (upper grades of elementary, junior middle, and high school levels) using a questionnaire. Results showed that (1) problematic mobile phone use significantly positively predicted adolescents’ depression after controlling for gender and age, (2) parent–child relationship played a mediating role between problematic mobile phone use and adolescents’ depression, and (3) adolescents’ educational level moderated relationships between problematic mobile phone use and parent–child relationship as well as parent–child relationship and depression. The negative effect of problematic mobile phone use on the parent–child relationship and the impact of the parent–child relationship on depression are weakened as the educational level of adolescents increases. These findings indicated that problematic mobile phone use affects adolescents’ depression by reducing the quality of parent–child relationship, wherein the degree of influence reduces at high educational levels. Limitations and future directions of this study were also discussed.

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From early to late adolescence: Effect of problematic mobile phone use on depression of adolescents

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School Psychology International

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“…Each item is scored from 1 (never) to 5 (always), with a higher score indicating a higher level of SPA. The scale showed good reliability and validity in Chinese populations [39,40]. The…”

Section: Smart Phone Addictionmentioning

confidence: 88%

A longitudinal study of changes in smart phone addiction and depressive symptoms and potential risk factors among Chinese college students

Yang

Zhao

et al. 2021

BMC Psychiatry

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Background The current study aims to track the changes in the levels of smart phone addiction (SPA) and depressive symptoms between pre and during COVID-19 and potential risk factors of among Chinese college students in a four-wave longitudinal study. Methods The participants were recruited from a Chinese university (n = 195; 58.5% females). The first three-wave surveys were conducted before COVID-19 (during December of Year 1, June of Year 1, and December of Year 2 of their college study; Time 1, Time 2, Time 3), while the fourth survey (Time 4; during June of Year 2 of their college study) was conducted in June 2020 during COVID-19. COVID-19-related factors, including quarantine, lockdown, boredom, emotional loneliness, and social loneliness, were investigated. Results The results showed a significant increase in the levels of depressive symptoms and prevalence of probable depression during COVID-19 (69.2%) compared to those 18 months, 12 months and 6 months before COVID-19 (41.5, 45.6, 48.2%) but non-significant changes in SPA. Boredom and emotional loneliness were positively associated with both SPA and depressive symptoms during COVID-19. Social loneliness was also positively associated with depressive symptoms during COVID-19. Quarantine and lockdown were not significantly associated with SPA or depressive symptoms. Discussion and conclusions The results highlight that the study population may be a high risk group of probable depression. Future studies should continue to track these mental and behavioral status with the progression of the epidemic. The identified emotional factors could be used to reduce depressive symptoms during COVID-19 and prevent the potential risk of SPA.

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“…Liu and Kuo [47] found that the parent-child relationship could influence both the social support that parents provided to their children and the establishment of a sense of security; a poor parent-child relationship could lead children to seek other channels for the desired support they could have received from their parents, such as via the Internet [48]. In particular, family dysfunction could increase the risk of teen smartphone addiction [49,50] as the parent-child relationship acted as a vital catalyst for smartphone addiction and was negatively related to it [51][52][53]. Other studies also showed that when the communication between parents and children was carried out through smartphones, it could worsen the parent-child relationship and exacerbate the smartphone addiction of adolescents [54].…”

Section: Association Between Parent-child Relationship and Smartphone Addictionmentioning

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The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction, Parent–Child Relationship, Loneliness and Self-Efficacy among Senior High School Students in Taiwan

2021

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This study explores the link between smartphone addiction in senior high-school students, parent–child relationship, loneliness, and self-efficacy on the basis of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and social cognitive theory (SCT). A survey of 2172 students (1205 female students, 966 male students; mean age = 16.58 years, SD = 0.78) from 32 senior high schools in Taiwan was conducted. Moderation mediation analysis was performed using Model 14 of SPSS PROCESS-macro to test the hypotheses of this study. The result showed that the parent–child relationship was negatively related both to smartphone addiction and loneliness, which mediated the link between parent–child relationship and smartphone addiction. Self-efficacy was also found to moderate the level of loneliness related to smartphone addiction. Specifically, loneliness will ease when the parent–child relationship improves, and smartphone addiction will accordingly lessen. It was also discovered that the elevation of self-efficacy could mitigate the level of addiction. Lastly, this study provided parents, education agencies, and other policymakers in the education sector with implications based on these findings. Preventive measures for smartphone addiction and recommendations for future investigations are also given.

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Parent–child relationship and smartphone use disorder among Chinese adolescents: The mediating role of quality of life and the moderating role of educational level

Cited by 53 publications

References 84 publications

From early to late adolescence: Effect of problematic mobile phone use on depression of adolescents

From early to late adolescence: Effect of problematic mobile phone use on depression of adolescents

A longitudinal study of changes in smart phone addiction and depressive symptoms and potential risk factors among Chinese college students

The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction, Parent–Child Relationship, Loneliness and Self-Efficacy among Senior High School Students in Taiwan

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