The Association Between Parental Phubbing and Preschoolers' Excessive Electronic Media Use: The Chain Mediating Role of Parent-Child Attachment and Self-Control.

Qiong Zhao, Yanrong Fan, Kuai Song, Zhengyi Wang, Zongkui Zhou

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Qiong ZhaoKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.

Yanrong FanKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.

Kuai SongKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.ORCID 0009-0006-6067-6653

Zhengyi WangKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.

Zongkui ZhouKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.

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Beijing Normal University Collaborative Innovation Center for Monitoring the Quality of Basic Education in China Collaborative Research Project 2024-04-003-BZK01Guiding Project of Scientific Research Program of Hubei Provincial Department of Education B2023484Key Project of Hubei Provincial Education Science Planning 2024GA106The 2025 Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education 25Z627The Annual Program of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Henan Province 2024CJY062

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Abstract

In the current digital age, children are exposed to electronic media at an increasingly early age. The issue of excessive electronic media use has become a significant risk factor affecting the healthy development of young children. To examine the association between parental phubbing and preschoolers' excessive electronic media use, as well as the underlying mechanism-mediating roles of parent-child attachment and self-control, 758 parents of preschoolers were recruited to complete a set of scales. The results show that: (1) Parental phubbing was positively associated with preschoolers' excessive electronic media use; (2) Parent-child attachment and self-control significantly mediated this relation, which contains three mediating pathways-the mediating effects of parent-child attachment and self-control, as well as their chain mediating effect. The study revealed the psychological mechanisms between parental phubbing and preschoolers' excessive electronic media use, providing suggestions for the prevention and intervention of excessive electronic media use among preschoolers.

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excessive electronic media useparental phubbingparent–child attachmentpreschoolerself-control

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PMID41595062

DOI10.3390/bs16010121

PMCPMC12837975

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