Huang Yi, Lu Jinjin
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Institute for Research of Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Children (Basel). 2022 Aug 8;9(8):1186. doi: 10.3390/children9081186.
Adolescents' excessive electronic device use is associated with psychological problems. However, it is unknown which psychological symptom, including emotional symptoms and sleep difficulty, correlates with excessive electronic device use most strongly. Besides, according to the social displacement theory, parent-adolescent communication might mediate the relationship between excessive electronic device use and psychological symptoms. Using the Czech national survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) data in the years 2006 ( = 4782) and 2014 ( = 5082), we used network analysis to explore the relationship between psychological symptoms and excessive electronic device use. In addition, we conducted a mediation analysis to examine the role of parent-adolescent communication. The results revealed that excessive electronic device use correlated most strongly with adolescents' irritability or bad temper, and this conclusion was stable in 2006 and 2014. In 2014, parent-adolescent communication mediated the relationship between adolescents' excessive electronic device use and their psychological symptoms. The findings suggest that as the internet industry grows, it is essential to improve parent-adolescent communication quality to prevent adolescents' psychological problems caused by excessive electronic device use.
青少年过度使用电子设备与心理问题有关。然而，尚不清楚包括情绪症状和睡眠困难在内的哪种心理症状与过度使用电子设备的关联最为紧密。此外，根据社会替代理论，亲子沟通可能会调节过度使用电子设备与心理症状之间的关系。利用2006年（n = 4782）和2014年（n = 5082）捷克全国性学龄儿童健康行为调查（HBSC）的数据，我们使用网络分析来探究心理症状与过度使用电子设备之间的关系。此外，我们进行了中介分析以检验亲子沟通的作用。结果显示，过度使用电子设备与青少年的易怒或脾气暴躁关联最为紧密，这一结论在2006年和2014年都是稳定的。在2014年，亲子沟通调节了青少年过度使用电子设备与其心理症状之间的关系。研究结果表明，随着互联网行业的发展，提高亲子沟通质量对于预防青少年因过度使用电子设备而产生的心理问题至关重要。
