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Parents' Phubbing and Problematic Mobile Phone Use

The Roles of the Parent–Child Relationship and Children's Self-Esteem

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ID23320196
AuthorsWei Hong (0000-0001-5779-8912, Beijing Normal University), Ru‐de Liu (0000-0002-6745-4483, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author), Ru-De Liu (Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.), Yi Ding (0000-0002-0010-8279, Fordham University), Tian Po Oei (The University of Queensland), Tian P S Oei (0000-0001-9041-8803, The University of Queensland), Rui Zhen (0000-0001-5055-4683, Hangzhou Normal University), Shuyang Jiang (0000-0001-8753-8089, Beijing Normal University)
Year2019
Volume22
Issue12
Pages779-786
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2152-2715 • E-ISSN: 2152-2723
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1089/cyber.2019.0179
PMID31747305
OpenAlexW2990299942
LanguageEN
Citations received63
References cited38

An increasing number of mobile phone users check their phones at any time and place, even during in-person interactions. Such behaviors that interrupt social interactions have been described as phubbing. The present study focused on phubbing behaviors within the context of parent-child households and aimed to examine the associations among parents' phubbing, the parent-child relationship, children's self-esteem, and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) by adolescents. The structural equation model results based on the data collected from 1,721 secondary students revealed that parents' phubbing was not only directly associated with children's PMPU but also indirectly associated with PMPU through the mediating roles of the parent-child relationship and children's self-esteem after gender and age were controlled. These findings suggest a possible underlying mechanism for the relationship between parents' phubbing and children's PMPU, and could thus inform interventions to prevent or decrease PMPU among adolescents. Limitations and implications are discussed.

Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Interrupt · Mobile phone · Phone · Psychological intervention · Self-esteem · Structural equation modeling · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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