Yang Hwajin, Ng Wee Qin, Yang Yingjia, Yang Sujin
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178903, Singapore.
Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
Children (Basel). 2022 May 31;9(6):816. doi: 10.3390/children9060816.
Previous studies suggest that inconsistent parenting leads to undesired consequences, such as a child's defiant reactance or parent-child conflicts. In light of this, we examined whether mothers' inconsistent smartphone mediation strategies would influence their children's problematic smartphone use during early childhood. Furthermore, given that harsh parenting often escalates a child's behavioral problems, we focused on parent-child conflict resolution tactics as moderators. One hundred fifty-four mothers (ages 25-48 years; M = 35.58 years) of preschoolers (ages 42-77 months) reported their media mediation and parent-child conflict resolution tactics and their child's problematic smartphone use. We found that the positive association between the mother's inconsistent mediation and their child's problematic smartphone use was more pronounced when mothers relied on negative parent-child resolution tactics-i.e., psychological aggression and physical assault. Our findings provide vital theoretical and empirical insights into mother-child relational characteristics for the child's problematic smartphone use.
以往的研究表明，不一致的养育方式会导致不良后果，比如孩子的反抗或亲子冲突。鉴于此，我们研究了母亲不一致的智能手机使用干预策略是否会影响幼儿期孩子使用智能手机的问题行为。此外，鉴于严厉的养育方式往往会加剧孩子的行为问题，我们将亲子冲突解决策略作为调节因素进行了重点研究。154名学龄前儿童（年龄在42至77个月之间）的母亲（年龄在25至48岁之间；平均年龄为35.58岁）报告了她们的媒体使用干预和亲子冲突解决策略以及孩子使用智能手机的问题行为。我们发现，当母亲依赖负面的亲子冲突解决策略（即心理攻击和身体攻击）时，母亲不一致的干预与孩子使用智能手机的问题行为之间的正相关更为明显。我们的研究结果为孩子使用智能手机的问题行为提供了关于母婴关系特征的重要理论和实证见解。
