Parental Phubbing and Children’s Social Withdrawal and Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model of Parenting Behaviors and Parents’ Gender

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110428
Author(s):  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Yuran Qiao ◽  
Wenqing Li ◽  
Li Lei
Keyword(s):  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Negative Behavior ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Early School

The present study sought to examine whether parental phubbing was significantly related to children’s social withdrawal and aggression, and determine whether positive and negative parenting behaviors mediated this association. We further examined whether parents’ gender moderated the direct and indirect relationships between parental phubbing and children’s social withdrawal and aggression. The participants included 465 Chinese fathers and mothers from different families, and each father or mother had one child from preschool and early school aged 4–10 years. They completed the measures regarding their experience with parental phubbing, positive and negative parenting behaviors, and children’s social withdrawal and aggression. Results showed that parental phubbing was positively related to children’s social withdrawal and aggression. Positive and negative parenting behaviors significantly mediated the associations between parental phubbing and children’s social withdrawal and aggression. Furthermore, parents’ gender moderated the relationships between parental phubbing and children’s social withdrawal and aggression. Specifically, in the mediating model of positive parenting behavior, the pathways from parental phubbing to children’s social withdrawal and parental phubbing to children’s aggression were significantly different. In the mediating model of negative behavior, the pathway from negative parenting behavior to children’s social withdrawal was significantly different.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Transmissions of Mother–Adolescent Smartphone Dependency: The Mediating Role of Negative Parenting and the Moderating Role of Gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanhee Kim ◽  
Kyung Im Kang ◽  
Nayoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
School Students ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

Given the prevalence and undesirable consequences of smartphone dependency among adolescents, it is necessary to explore the influencing factors of adolescent smartphone dependency. The aim of this study was to examine the intergenerational transmission of mother–adolescent smartphone dependency and the mediating role of negative parenting, moderated by adolescent gender. Data for 2541 middle school students (mean aged = 13 years)–mother dyads were obtained from the first wave of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018 (KCYPS 2018). The moderated mediation model using Hayes PROCESS macro (Model 14) was employed to test the study hypothesis. The moderated mediation model revealed that maternal smartphone dependency was associated with adolescent smartphone dependency. Perceived negative parenting mediated this link and adolescent gender moderated the relationship between negative parenting and adolescent smartphone dependency, especially for adolescent girls. Our findings showed that both maternal smartphone dependency and negative parenting were determinants of adolescent smartphone dependency, suggesting that both factors were important for understanding these issues. Moreover, the mediating role of negative parenting (between maternal and adolescent smartphone dependency) implies that parental education programs designed to improve negative parenting may reduce adolescent smartphone dependency, especially for adolescent girls.

Possible Relationship Between Sense of Coherence and Adolescents’ School Adaptation Through Empathy and Parenting: A Moderated Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162096144
Author(s):  
Dou Jin ◽  
Yanling Bi ◽  
Miao Yan
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
School Adaptation ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Relationship

Recent research has shown that internal factors are important predictors of adaptation, but little research has studied the relationship between a sense of coherence and school adaptation. The present study examined the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. A total of 1,072 middle students completed self-report questionnaires assessing their sense of coherence, fathers’ and mothers’ parenting, empathy, and school adaptation. The results indicated that a sense of coherence was positively associated with school adaptation. A mediation analysis indicated that empathy mediated the relationship between a sense of coherence and school adaptation. Furthermore, both the effect of a sense of coherence on school adaptation and the effect of a sense of coherence on empathy were moderated by positive parenting. The present study contributes to a better understanding of how and when a sense of coherence promotes adolescents’ school adaptation.

scholarly journals Children’s Sensitivity to Reward Moderates the Association of Negative and Positive Parenting Behaviors in Child ADHD Symptoms

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Janford Li
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Reward Processing ◽  
Parent Management Training ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Sensitivity To Reward ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
Child Adhd ◽  
Reward And Punishment

Atypical reward processing, including abnormal sensitivity to reward and punishment, has long been implicated in the etiology of ADHD. However, little is known about how these facets of behavior interact with positive (e.g., warmth, praise) and negative (e.g., hostility, harsh discipline) parenting behavior in the early expression of ADHD symptoms in young children. Understanding the interplay between children’s reward processing and parenting may be crucial for identifying specific treatment targets in psychosocial interventions for ADHD, especially given that not all children benefit from contingency-based treatments (e.g., parent management training). The study consisted of a community sample of kindergarten children (N = 184, 55% male) and their parents, who completed questionnaires about their parenting practices, their child’s behaviors and participated in an observed parent-child play task in the laboratory. Results showed that children’s sensitivity to reward and punishment were positively associated with child ADHD symptoms. Children’s sensitivity to reward significantly moderated the association of negative and positive parent behaviors on child ADHD symptoms. Children with high sensitivity to reward were less sensitive to variations in parental behavior, whereas children with low sensitivity to reward exhibited fewer ADHD symptoms under conditions of high global (i.e., self-reported) positive parenting, low global negative parenting and low observed negativity. Children’s sensitivity to punishment did not moderate the associations between positive and negative parenting behaviors and child ADHD symptoms. Results provide evidence that atypical reward processing may be an important of marker of risk for ADHD, but also highlights how children’s responses to positive and negative parenting behavior may vary by children’s reward processing. Clinical and treatment implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Parenting behavior and child ADHD

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Zhang ◽  
James Janford Li
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
Child Adhd ◽  
Adhd Treatment ◽  
Reward Responsivity

Objective: Parenting behavior is a well-established correlate of offspring ADHD. Yet, little is known about how parenting exerts its effects on offspring ADHD. We examined whether prospective associations between positive and negative parenting behaviors and child ADHD symptoms are mediated by deficits in child executive function (EF) and reward responsivity (RR). Method: A total of 135 children, with and without ADHD were assessed at mean ages 6 and 8. Children completed tasks on EF, and parents completed questionnaires about their parenting, and their children’s RR and children’s ADHD symptoms. Results: Negative parenting (but not positive parenting) was indirectly associated with offspring ADHD subtypes via the effects of Wave 1 EF and RR at Wave 2. Conclusion: Individual differences in EF and RR during the early childhood years may constitute a potential pathway by which negative parenting behaviors exerts its effects on subsequent offspring ADHD. Treatment implications are discussed.

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