Teachers' College, Beijing Union University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2024 Sep;27(9):651-657. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2023.0638. Epub 2024 Jul 17.
Parental mediation (PM) and parental phubbing (PP) are two pivotal factors that influence children's screen media use. This study used response surface analysis to examine the combined effect of PM and PP on screen time among preschool children. A total of 3,445 parents with preschool-aged children participated in this study, providing self-reported data on PM, PP, and their children's screen time (CST). The results revealed that CST decreased when parents enhanced their mediation behaviors and reduced phubbing behaviors in the cases of congruence between PM and PP. In instances of incongruence, reduced screen time was observed when parents exhibited lower frequency in mediating their CST and displayed fewer phubbing behaviors compared with situations where parents mediated their children more frequently but engaged in higher levels of phubbing behaviors. The findings suggest that PM play a significant role in mitigating preschool-aged children's excessive screen time. Moreover, it is critical to establish positive role modeling by reducing PP behaviors.
父母媒介调节（PM）和父母低头症（PP）是影响儿童屏幕媒体使用的两个关键因素。本研究使用响应面分析来检验 PM 和 PP 对学龄前儿童屏幕时间的综合影响。共有 3445 名有学龄前儿童的父母参与了这项研究，他们提供了关于 PM、PP 和他们孩子的屏幕时间（CST）的自我报告数据。结果表明，当父母在 PM 和 PP 之间表现出一致性时，增强他们的媒介调节行为并减少低头症行为，CST 会减少。在不一致的情况下，与父母更频繁地调节孩子但表现出更高水平的低头症行为相比，当父母调节他们的 CST 频率较低且表现出较少的低头症行为时，屏幕时间会减少。研究结果表明，PM 在减轻学龄前儿童过度屏幕时间方面发挥着重要作用。此外，通过减少 PP 行为来树立积极的榜样至关重要。
