Department of Educational Psychology, College of Nursing, Jesus University, Jeonju 54989, Korea.
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 5;19(9):5593. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095593.
With the number of smartphone users growing around the world, children are using smartphones from an increasingly early age. Consequently, a significant number of children are being exposed to the risk of smartphone addiction, which is emerging as a serious social problem. Smartphone addiction can negatively impact children's physical, cognitive, and social development. Previous studies have demonstrated that parental smartphone addiction influences that of their children. Therefore, this study explores the relationship between parental smartphone addiction and children's smartphone addiction and the mediating effects of children's depression and social withdrawal. Data are drawn from National Youth Policy Institute's 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. Respondents comprise 2011 fourth-grade elementary school students and their parents. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 software. Results show that the relationship between parental smartphone addiction and that of their children has a significantly positive mediating effect on children's social withdrawal, but no such effect on children's depression and there were no serial effects of children's depression and social withdrawal. Consequently, educational programs that control parents' smartphone usage, improve the parent-child relationship, and engender social sensitivity should be developed to reduce and prevent smartphone addiction among children.
随着全球智能手机用户数量的增长，儿童使用智能手机的年龄也越来越小。因此，相当数量的儿童面临着智能手机成瘾的风险，这正在成为一个严重的社会问题。智能手机成瘾会对儿童的身体、认知和社会发展产生负面影响。先前的研究表明，父母的智能手机成瘾会影响他们孩子的智能手机成瘾。因此，本研究探讨了父母的智能手机成瘾与儿童的智能手机成瘾之间的关系，以及儿童抑郁和社会退缩的中介作用。数据来自韩国国家青年政策研究所 2018 年的韩国儿童和青年小组调查。受访者包括 2011 年四年级小学生及其父母。使用 SPSS 版本 21.0 和 AMOS 21.0 软件进行数据分析。结果表明，父母的智能手机成瘾与他们孩子的智能手机成瘾之间存在显著的正中介效应，对儿童的社会退缩有影响，但对儿童的抑郁没有影响，儿童的抑郁和社会退缩之间也没有序列效应。因此，应该制定控制父母使用智能手机、改善亲子关系和培养社会敏感性的教育计划，以减少和预防儿童的智能手机成瘾。
