Zhang Jinghui, Liu Mowei, Zhang Qing, Li Yan
Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Department of Psychology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2024 Sep 27;17:3327-3339. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S431065. eCollection 2024.
This study investigates the relationship between mother phubbing and preschoolers' problematic media use, examining the mediating role of the mother-child relationship and the moderating effects of paternal coparenting. Drawing on the Interactive Theory of Childhood Problematic Media Use and family system theory, we aim to identify key family dynamics that influence early childhood media habits. The findings could provide insights into mitigating the negative impacts of parental phubbing on children's media habits and inform targeted interventions to promote healthier media use among young children.
The study examined 1008 mothers (Mage = 35.58 years, = 3.90) with preschool-aged children (Mage = 4.59 years, = 0.92) who completed self-report questionnaires. Path analysis with bootstrap sampling was executed to assess the moderated mediation model.
Mother phubbing was positively associated with preschoolers' problematic media use, with this relationship mediated by the mother-child relationship. Paternal coparenting moderated both the direct and indirect pathways in this relationship. Specifically, paternal coparenting directly mitigated the impact of mother phubbing on child problematic media use. Additionally, it alleviated the negative influence of mother phubbing on the mother-child relationship, thereby indirectly reducing its adverse effect on preschoolers' problematic media use. Overall, paternal coparenting demonstrated a protective function against the negative consequences of mother phubbing.
The findings significantly contribute to our understanding of how mother phubbing might increase the risk of problematic media use among preschoolers and underscore the potential importance of reducing mother phubbing and increasing paternal coparenting as integral steps to prevent preschoolers' problematic media use.
本研究调查母亲低头玩手机与学龄前儿童问题性媒体使用之间的关系，检验母子关系的中介作用以及父亲共同养育的调节作用。借鉴儿童问题性媒体使用的互动理论和家庭系统理论，我们旨在确定影响幼儿媒体习惯的关键家庭动态。研究结果可为减轻父母低头玩手机对儿童媒体习惯的负面影响提供见解，并为有针对性的干预措施提供参考，以促进幼儿更健康地使用媒体。
该研究对1008名有学龄前儿童的母亲（母亲年龄Mage = 35.58岁，标准差 = 3.90）进行了调查，这些母亲及其孩子（孩子年龄Mage = 4.59岁，标准差 = 0.92）均完成了自我报告问卷。采用Bootstrap抽样进行路径分析，以评估调节中介模型。
母亲低头玩手机与学龄前儿童问题性媒体使用呈正相关，这种关系通过母子关系起中介作用。父亲共同养育在这种关系中调节了直接和间接路径。具体而言，父亲共同养育直接减轻了母亲低头玩手机对儿童问题性媒体使用的影响。此外，它减轻了母亲低头玩手机对母子关系的负面影响，从而间接降低了其对学龄前儿童问题性媒体使用的不利影响。总体而言，父亲共同养育对母亲低头玩手机的负面影响具有保护作用。
这些发现显著增进了我们对母亲低头玩手机如何可能增加学龄前儿童问题性媒体使用风险的理解，并强调了减少母亲低头玩手机和增加父亲共同养育作为预防学龄前儿童问题性媒体使用的重要步骤的潜在重要性。
