The Effect of Positive and Negative Parenting Attitudes on Adolescents’ Smartphone Dependency in the Time of Convergence : Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Poor Attachment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 139-149
Author(s):  
Kwang-Sook Kim ◽  
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Kyoung Sil Shin ◽  
Hoon-Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Parenting Attitudes ◽  
Negative Parenting

scholarly journals Mediating Effects of Online-Based Leisure Between Parenting Attitudes and Children’s Smartphone Dependency

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 695-706
Author(s):  
Yoonju Cho
Keyword(s):  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Parenting Attitudes ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: This study investigated the impact of positive and negative parenting attitudes on smartphone dependency in children to examine the mediating effects of online-based leisure such as computer usage, game, and smartphone usage.Methods: Data of 714 children scoring above the top 30% of smartphone dependency among the children in 5th grade in elementary school were collected through the 2nd wave of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS 2018). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to analyze the mediating effects with the Bootstrapping method by SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0.Results: In the model, online-based leisure significantly mediated the relationship between positive parenting attitudes such as warmth, autonomy support and structure provision, and smartphone dependency showing complete mediation. Also, negative parenting attitudes such as rejection, coercion, and chaos directly negatively affected smartphone dependency, not showing a mediating effect. Results indicate that increased positive parenting attitudes lead to reduced smartphone dependency through decreasing online-based leisure, while negative parenting attitudes lead to increase dependence on the smartphone.Conclusion: While positive parenting attitudes do not directly affect smartphone dependency, they lead to a decrease in online-based leisure. Consequently, as online-based leisure lessens, smartphone dependency subsequently may also be diminished. In addition, although negative parenting attitudes have no mediating effect, they directly influence the growing smartphone dependency. Results confirm that positive parenting mediate the effects of online-based activities in relation to smartphone dependency when parents provide the most structure, autonomy support, and warmth to their children. Practical implications are discussed, and relevant interventions offered for children and parents.

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