Problematic phone use, depression, and technology interference among mothers.

Newsham, Genni; Drouin, Michelle; McDaniel, Brandon T.

doi:10.1037/ppm0000220

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“…Work suggests that individuals turn to their phones to escape or regulate these emotions. For example, recent survey results have linked maternal depressive symptoms specifically to mothers' greater problematic use of their phones (Newsham, Drouin, & McDaniel, ). Unfortunately, using phones or social media can have the opposite of their intended effect—making them feel worse after use (e.g., Sagioglou & Greitemeyer, ).…”

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Parent distraction with phones, reasons for use, and impacts on parenting and child outcomes: A review of the emerging research

McDaniel

2019

Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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The current article reviews the emerging research related to parent distraction with phones and mobile devices. From this review, it is clear that parent distraction with phones and mobile devices while around children has become common. This is concerning, as the evidence suggests links with parenting and child outcomes—such as lower awareness and sensitivity, fewer verbal and nonverbal interactions, less coordinated parenting and coparenting, dissatisfaction with time spent together, and negative child reactions (e.g., problem behaviors). The issue is complex, however, as many reasons may drive parents to use devices around children, such as strong habits, device notifications, work/social pressures, parenting stress, and boredom or loneliness. Ultimately, parenting is affected due to displacement of time with children, difficulty of multitasking between device and child, and the emotions and stresses that can come from device use. Research gaps are found and future directions are proposed. Most findings come from self‐reports or observations. More longitudinal and experimental work is needed to establish causation. Furthermore, as parents and children are concerned about phone use during family time, it is important for evidence‐based programs to be developed to address healthy device habits specifically during family time and social interactions.

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Parent distraction with phones, reasons for use, and impacts on parenting and child outcomes: A review of the emerging research

McDaniel

2019

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“…Infants might be especially sensitive to those disruptions because they resemble a classical still face (Myruski et al, 2018 ). As a result, mothers of toddlers report experiencing smartphone interruptions during interactions with their toddlers—which they report are either self-initiated or due to device notifications (McDaniel and Coyne, 2016 ; Newsham et al, 2020 ).…”

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Quality of Mother-Child Interaction Before, During, and After Smartphone Use

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Studies have demonstrated that parents often exhibit a still face while silently reading their cell phones when responding to texts. Such disruptions to parent-child interactions have been observed during parental media use such as texting and these disruptions have been termed technoference. In the present study, we explored changes to mother-child interactions that occur before, during and after interruptions due to texting using an adapted naturalistic still face paradigm. Specifically, we examined the effect of an interruption due to either maternal smartphone use or use of an analog medium on maternal interaction quality with their 20- to 22-month-old children. Mother-child interactions during free play were interrupted for 2 min by asking the mothers to fill out a questionnaire either (a) by typing on the smartphone (smartphone group) or (b) on paper with a pen (paper-pencil group). Interactional quality was compared between free-play and interruption phases and to a no-interruption control group. Mixed ANOVA across phase and condition indicated that maternal responsiveness and pedagogical behavior decreased during the interruption phase for both the interruption groups (smartphone and paper-and-pencil) but not for the no-interruption group. Children also increased their positive bids for attention during the paper-and-pencil and the smartphone conditions relative to the no-interruption control. These findings are consistent with a large body of research on the still-face paradigm and with a recent study demonstrating that smartphone interruptions decreased parenting quality. The present study, however, connects these lines of research showing the many everyday disruptions to parent-child interactions are likely to decrease parenting quality and that toddlers are likely to detect and attempt to repair such interruptions.

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“…One study indicates that maternal depression is associated with technoference during play and chore time with children. 43 Interestingly (and against hypotheses), prenatal maternal media use was negatively associated with technoference, suggesting that prenatal attitudes might be more important than parental media use in terms of predicting high technoference.…”

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Prenatal Predictors of Media Use During Infancy

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Holmgren

Keenan‐Kroff

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Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Parental attitudes and behavior can impact infant media use, though all existing research examines this after the baby is born. However, many studies suggest that prenatal attitudes and behavior can influence parenting practices around many different types of parenting decisions. This study examines whether this extends to parenting practices surrounding media use during infancy. Participants consisted of 170 mothers who completed a number of questionnaires at two time points (prenatally and when infant was *16 months old). Results revealed that parents had many concerns about media before their child was born. More supportive prenatal attitudes regarding using media as a coping strategy was associated with higher levels of infant media use and technoference (i.e., when media interfere with the parent-child relationship). Additionally, prenatal media use by mothers was associated with higher levels of infant media use, but lower levels of technoference. Finally, prenatal depression was associated with higher technoference, while parental efficacy was associated with higher infant video chat. Implications of the study include discussion regarding media use at medical office prenatal visits and creating a family media plan before the birth of the child.

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Problematic phone use, depression, and technology interference among mothers.

Cited by 38 publications

References 54 publications

Parent distraction with phones, reasons for use, and impacts on parenting and child outcomes: A review of the emerging research

Parent distraction with phones, reasons for use, and impacts on parenting and child outcomes: A review of the emerging research

Quality of Mother-Child Interaction Before, During, and After Smartphone Use

Prenatal Predictors of Media Use During Infancy

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