ArticleBMC psychology2024
Mom, dad, put down your phone and talk to me: how parental phubbing influences problematic internet use among adolescents.
Article in BMC psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The association between parental phubbing and pathological digital use among children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of Chinese samples.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Parental Technoference and Child Problematic Media Use: Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the digital parental-family-centered program for problematic gaming and screen use in a clinical child and adolescent population.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- You are doubly excluded: the interplay of cyberostracism and perceived parental phubbing in predicting problematic smartphone use.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- The shadow of parental phubbing on adolescents' psychological adjustment: roles of problematic social media use and social support.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- How Perceived Parental Technoference Relates to Adolescent Smartphone Addiction: Evidence from a Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceived parental phubbing and Internet gaming disorder symptoms among adolescents: the mediating roles of fear of missing out and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between parental phubbing and bullying behavior in middle school students: the mediating role of family closeness and negative emotions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of parental phubbing on social withdrawal in preschool children: the serial mediating roles of parent-child conflict and negative emotions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe positive association of parental phubbing with internalising and externalising problems among adolescents has gained academic traction. To date, limited research has investigated the association of parental phubbing and adolescents' Problematic Internet Use (PIU). Furthermore, the mechanism underlying this association is largely unknown. These gaps limit our understanding of family-related issues affecting PIU among adolescents. The present study explores whether there is a relation between parental phubbing and PIU and investigates the mechanisms underlying this relation among adolescents.
methodsThe participants were 495 junior high schoolers aged 11-15 years. Participants completed questionnaires on their experiences with PIU, parental phubbing, parent-child relationships, and basic psychological needs satisfaction.
resultsThe results showed a direct and indirect positive association between parental phubbing and PIU. Furthermore, parental phubbing indirectly influenced PIU and was mediated by the parent-child relationship and basic psychological needs satisfaction, respectively. Moreover, the parent-child relationship and basic psychological needs satisfaction were sequentially mediated.
conclusionsOur study highlights the crucial role of parents in the development of adolescent PIU and provides theoretical and practical guidelines for PIU prevention and intervention.
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