Parenting stress and Chinese preschoolers’ approaches to learning: a moderated mediation model of authoritative parenting and household residency

Zhao, Jinghui; Fan, Yizhen; Liu, Ziqin; Lin, Chaopai; Zhang, Limin

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216683

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“…Secondly, authoritative parenting style emphasizes children’s learning to share, cooperate and care for others, and promotes social interaction and emotional expression, which also contributes to the development of prosocial behaviors among preschoolers ( Winsler et al, 2005 ; Zhao et al, 2023 ). We have pointed out above that parents phubbing has a negative impact on the prosocial behavior of preschool children.…”

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The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model

Shi,

Xu,

Chu

2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe popularization and widespread use of smartphones and other electronic devices have led to the occurrence of “parents phubbing”, which may have a negative impact on child-parent relationship and preschoolers’ prosocial behavior.MethodsTo clarify this process, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 3,834 parents from 20 kindergartens in Zhuhai, China. This study examined the relationship between between parents phubbing, closeness child-parent relationship, authoritative parenting style and children’s prosocial behavior.ResultsAccording to the study, we found a significant negative correlation between parents phubbing and preschoolers’ prosocial behavior. Closeness child-parent relationship mediated between parents phubbing and preschoolers’ prosocial behavior through mediation effects analysis. In other words, parent phubbing was negatively associated with closeness child-parent relationship, which in turn predicted less child prosocial behavior. In addition, authoritative parenting styles have a moderating effect. As the level of authoritative parenting style increases, the negative impact of parent phubbing on the prosocial behavior of preschool children is attenuated.DiscussionThis study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between parents phubbing and prosocial behaviors of preschool children, as well as the internal mechanisms at work. Practically, the study suggests that parents should reduce the incidence of phubbing in their contact with their children and, at the same time, work to improve the child-parent relationship and promote the development of prosocial behaviors in children.

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The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model

Shi,

Xu,

Chu

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Child-friendly family reduces parenting stress in Chinese families: the mediating role of family resilience

Chu,

Tsang,

Tiwari

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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The increasing prevalence of parenting stress has significant implications for the psychological well-being of both parents and children. In view of this, our study sought to examine the mediating and moderating role of family resilience in the association between child-friendly family and parenting stress. Our analysis involved a sample of 316 parents who dedicated a minimum of 14 h per week to caring for their children. The parents were invited to complete three validated instruments—the parenting stress index short form (PSI), the family resilience assessment scale (FRAS), and inventory of the child-friendly family (ICF)—to evaluate their level of parenting stress, family resilience, and child-friendly family, respectively. We tested the mediation model by applying structural equation model analysis. It was found that child-friendly family negatively correlated with parenting stress (path coefficient = −0.56, p < 0.001). This relationship is mediated by family resilience. That is “child-friendly family” leads to increased “family resilience” (path coefficient = 0.68, p < 0.01), which in turn leads to lower “parenting stress” (path coefficient = −0.30, p < 0.05). The mediation effect ratio was 26.70%. We used multiple regression analysis to test the moderation model and found that family resilience did not play a moderating role between child-friendly family and parenting stress. This study holds particular significance for two key reasons: Firstly, it elucidates the relationship between child-friendly family, family resilience, and parenting stress, highlighting the potential of creating a child-friendly family to reduce parenting stress through the enhancement of family resilience. Secondly, our findings provide valuable evidence for the development of innovative approaches that effectively and sustainably alleviate parenting stress.

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Parenting stress and Chinese preschoolers’ approaches to learning: a moderated mediation model of authoritative parenting and household residency

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The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model

The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model

Child-friendly family reduces parenting stress in Chinese families: the mediating role of family resilience

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