Onishi Ryuta, Tone Hanami, Kubota Minori, Chino Nana, Maruyama Funa
Faculty of Nursing, Toyama Prefectural University, 2-2-78, Nishinagae, Toyama-shi 930-0975, Toyama-ken, Japan.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi 060-0812, Hokkaido, Japan.
Children (Basel). 2023 Aug 23;10(9):1437. doi: 10.3390/children10091437.
In digital societies, the use of smart devices to solve childcare problems has become commonplace. Mothers are influenced both positively and negatively by smart devices used to resolve childcare concerns. Focusing on parental self-efficacy, this study identified the factors associated with relief and anxiety caused by the use of smart devices to eliminate parenting concerns among mothers with infants. A random sampling cross-sectional survey was administered to 257 Japanese mothers with infants aged 6-11 months. Structural equation modeling was used to explain the relief and anxiety caused by their use of smart devices in terms of maternal demographics, parental self-efficacy, smart-device dependence, and confidence in their ability to discriminate information. Mothers with high parental self-efficacy experienced increased relief and reduced anxiety by using smart devices to address concerns about child-rearing practices. Mothers who were highly dependent on smart devices felt more secure with their use of smart devices. Homemakers and highly educated mothers who used smart devices because of concerns regarding child health and development experienced more anxiety. Parenting professionals need to recognize the effectiveness of smart devices as a tool to relieve anxiety in parenting and provide additional support for parents to improve their parenting self-efficacy.
在数字社会中，使用智能设备解决育儿问题已变得司空见惯。用于解决育儿问题的智能设备对母亲产生了积极和消极的影响。本研究以父母自我效能感为重点，确定了使用智能设备消除育儿问题给有婴儿的母亲带来解脱感和焦虑感的相关因素。对257名有6至11个月大婴儿的日本母亲进行了随机抽样横断面调查。采用结构方程模型，从母亲的人口统计学特征、父母自我效能感、对智能设备的依赖程度以及辨别信息能力的信心等方面，解释使用智能设备所带来的解脱感和焦虑感。父母自我效能感高的母亲通过使用智能设备解决育儿问题方面的担忧，体验到了更多的解脱感，焦虑感也有所减轻。对智能设备高度依赖的母亲在使用智能设备时会感到更安心。因担心孩子健康和发育而使用智能设备的家庭主妇和受过高等教育的母亲，焦虑感更强。育儿专业人员需要认识到智能设备作为缓解育儿焦虑的工具的有效性，并为父母提供额外支持，以提高他们的育儿自我效能感。
