Zhou Huiling, Wang Shuxuan, Lin Yunhan, Jiang Huaibin, Lu Jiamei
School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, China.
Department of Preprimary Education, Zibo Normal College, Zibo, China.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 May 24. doi: 10.1007/s10578-025-01859-7.
Harsh parenting has been shown to be associated with problematic smartphone use among adolescents. However, few studies have explored the relationship between harsh parenting and problematic smartphone use through a dual-system framework that integrates both emotional and cognitive processing. We aim to investigate the serial mediation effects of attention to negative information and social anxiety in the relationship between harsh parenting and problematic smartphone use among adolescents. The study involved 276 adolescents (mean age = 13.93; SD = 0.82; 42.4% boys) from two middle schools in southeastern China. We assessed harsh parenting, attention to negative information, social anxiety and problematic smartphone use over three waves at three-month intervals. The result show that attention to negative information (T2) serve as independent mediator between harsh parenting (T1) and problematic smartphone use (T3). Also, attention to negative information (T2) and social anxiety (T2) serve as chain mediators between harsh parenting (T1) and problematic smartphone use (T3). However, the direct effect of harsh parenting (T1) on social anxiety (T2) was not significant. These findings suggest that attention to negative information and social anxiety serve as key cognitive and emotional mechanisms linking harsh parenting to problematic smartphone use in adolescents.
严厉的养育方式已被证明与青少年智能手机使用问题有关。然而，很少有研究通过整合情感和认知加工的双系统框架来探讨严厉的养育方式与智能手机使用问题之间的关系。我们旨在研究在青少年中，关注负面信息和社交焦虑在严厉的养育方式与智能手机使用问题之间关系中的系列中介作用。该研究涉及来自中国东南部两所中学的276名青少年（平均年龄 = 13.93；标准差 = 0.82；42.4%为男孩）。我们在三个月的间隔内分三个阶段评估了严厉的养育方式、对负面信息的关注、社交焦虑和智能手机使用问题。结果表明，对负面信息的关注（T2）在严厉的养育方式（T1）和智能手机使用问题（T3）之间起独立中介作用。此外，对负面信息的关注（T2）和社交焦虑（T2）在严厉的养育方式（T1）和智能手机使用问题（T3）之间起链式中介作用。然而，严厉的养育方式（T1）对社交焦虑（T2）的直接影响并不显著。这些发现表明，对负面信息的关注和社交焦虑是将严厉的养育方式与青少年智能手机使用问题联系起来的关键认知和情感机制。
