Xie Zhaoyang, Xu Cheng, Feng Ningning, Cui Lijuan
Institute of Brain and Education Innovation, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Fam Process. 2025 Sep;64(3):e70058. doi: 10.1111/famp.70058.
Parental technoference, which refers to the interference of parent-child interactions by technology, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU). From the perspective of family systems theory, the impact of adolescent PMPU on parental technoference seems also plausible. The present research investigated the bidirectional predictive association between parental technoference and adolescent PMPU through the mediating roles of paternal and maternal attachment using a two-wave cross-lagged design. A total of 1664 Chinese adolescents (61.24% female; M = 16.86 ± 0.77) were surveyed at Time 1 (January 2023) and Time 2 (August 2023). Results showed that Time 1 parental technoference predicted Time 2 adolescent PMPU and Time 1 adolescent PMPU predicted Time 1 parental technoference. Furthermore, both paternal attachment and maternal attachment had longitudinal mediating effects on the reciprocal association between parental technoference and adolescent PMPU. Finally, there was no difference between boys and girls in the longitudinal relationship among parental technoference, paternal and maternal attachment, and adolescent PMPU. The findings reveal the interdependent connections between parental and child usage of electronic devices, highlighting the roles of paternal and maternal attachment separately. The findings contribute to a family-based solution for preventing and intervening in adolescent PMPU.
父母的科技干扰，即指科技对亲子互动的干扰，已被证明是青少年问题手机使用（PMPU）的一个风险因素。从家庭系统理论的角度来看，青少年PMPU对父母科技干扰的影响似乎也有道理。本研究采用两波交叉滞后设计，通过父亲和母亲依恋的中介作用，调查了父母科技干扰与青少年PMPU之间的双向预测关联。在第1阶段（2023年1月）和第2阶段（2023年8月）对总共1664名中国青少年（61.24%为女性；M = 16.86 ± 0.77）进行了调查。结果表明，第1阶段的父母科技干扰预测了第2阶段的青少年PMPU，第1阶段的青少年PMPU预测了第1阶段的父母科技干扰。此外，父亲依恋和母亲依恋在父母科技干扰与青少年PMPU的相互关联中都有纵向中介作用。最后，在父母科技干扰、父亲和母亲依恋以及青少年PMPU之间的纵向关系上，男孩和女孩没有差异。研究结果揭示了父母和孩子在电子设备使用上的相互依存关系，分别突出了父亲和母亲依恋的作用。这些发现有助于为预防和干预青少年PMPU提供基于家庭的解决方案。
