scholarly journals How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones

Author(s):  
Rui Zhen ◽  
Ru-De Liu ◽  
Wei Hong ◽  
Xiao Zhou

The current study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms of how interpersonal relationships relieve adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and to examine the potential mediating roles of loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones. Four thousand five hundred and nine middle school students from four provinces in China were recruited to participate in the investigation. The results showed that the parent–child relationship but not the teacher–student relationship, had a direct and negative effect on PMPU. The parent–child relationship had indirect effects on PMPU through the mediators of loneliness, escape motivation and relationship motivation; the teacher–student relationship had indirect effects on PMPU only through the mediating factors of loneliness and escape motivation. Both parent–child and teacher–student relationships indirectly affected PMPU through a two-step path from loneliness to escape motivation. These findings highlight the more salient role of the parent–child relationship than that of the teacher–student relationship in directly alleviating PMPU and indicate that satisfying interpersonal relationships can buffer adolescents’ PMPU by lowering their loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones.

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (27) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
S. M. Shahidul ◽  
A. H. M. Zehadul Karim

<p>Among the factors which have trajectory roles on the academic attainment of students, intergenerational bonding is the foremost of them. Though intergenerational bonding has basically focused on parent-child relationship, contemporary studies further consider the teacher-student relationship as intergenerational bonding to identify its effect on the academic attainment of students. In this study, we first examine both types of bonding which are created by parent-child and teacher-student relationships and how these impact on the degree of aspiration of secondary school students. Then, we compare these effects to identify which factor affects more on the degree aspiration outcome of students. We use the data collected from 553 students of Grade IX from 12 secondary schools in Bangladesh. The effect size of parent-child bonding and teacher-student bonding are compared using standardized Beta (β) weights of these two variables. The results show that beyond the socioeconomic status, both parent-child bonding and teacher-student bonding significantly and positively impact on students' degree aspiration outcome. Furthermore, when we compared the effect size of these two variables, results show that parent-child bonding had more strength compared to teacher-student bonding to predict the degree aspiration outcome of students. </p>


2021 ◽  
pp. 014303432110392
Author(s):  
Fanchang Kong ◽  
Guofeng Liu ◽  
Qiufeng Gao ◽  
Jianjun Deng

Problematic mobile phone use can predict depression in adolescents, but few studies have thoroughly explored its internal mechanism. This study surveyed 1,768 Chinese adolescents in three educational levels (upper grades of elementary, junior middle, and high school levels) using a questionnaire. Results showed that (1) problematic mobile phone use significantly positively predicted adolescents’ depression after controlling for gender and age, (2) parent–child relationship played a mediating role between problematic mobile phone use and adolescents’ depression, and (3) adolescents’ educational level moderated relationships between problematic mobile phone use and parent–child relationship as well as parent–child relationship and depression. The negative effect of problematic mobile phone use on the parent–child relationship and the impact of the parent–child relationship on depression are weakened as the educational level of adolescents increases. These findings indicated that problematic mobile phone use affects adolescents’ depression by reducing the quality of parent–child relationship, wherein the degree of influence reduces at high educational levels. Limitations and future directions of this study were also discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lumaira Maria Nascimento Silva da Rocha Marques ◽  
Carlos Dimas Ribeiro

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the moral values that nursing teachers and students consider important for vocational training with those they believe are promoted throughout undergraduate study. Method: a qualitative research; an ethnographic study conducted at a public nursing school in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in 2018, involving 40 interviews with teachers and students and a participant observation phase. Results: the moral values that teachers and students consider important for vocational training, as well as those that are promoted, converge on prudence, respect, responsibility, and empathy. It is noteworthy that the knowledge was much cited by the respondents and this article interpreted it as prudence. However, in relation to the values promoted during undergraduation, students warn that these are stimulated when referring to the binomial student-user of health, because they do not feel to the same intensity the presence of these moral values in the teacher-student relationship. Conclusion: a powerful strategy for teaching about moral values is to promote the care of their own students, teachers and staff. In this way, mismatches are avoided between what is said and what is done by experiencing values such as prudence, respect, responsibility and empathy within interpersonal relationships and in the daily life of the school.


Author(s):  
Ausra Lisinskiene ◽  
Marc Lochbaum

The purpose of this 12-month intervention program was to examine parent–child relationship changes within the sports context. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis was used for the study design. Ten families consented to in-depth interviews. The participants were 10 youth sport parents who had one child each aged 5–6 years. The intervention program involved the participation of all the parents and children. The program integrated psychological, educational, and sports skills into pre-organized sports training sessions. The study results revealed that the intervention program had a positive impact on the parent–child relationship in the sports context. Additionally, the study results suggest that parental involvement in the intervention program positively affected parent–child attachment, the quality of interpersonal relationships between the parent and the child, and effective parenting strategies. Future intervention programs should include both parent and children dyads.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Miguel Rodríguez-Mantilla ◽  
Judit Ruiz-Lázaro

El clima social en los centros educativos ejerce un papel importante para los alumnos (en su desarrollo académico, el respeto y la confianza, entre otros aspectos) y para los profesores (en su desempeño docente, sentimiento de realización, autoconcepto, capacidad de afrontamiento, etc.). Ante esta realidad, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo fundamental analizar la percepción que el profesorado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria tiene sobre el clima de centro donde trabaja. Para ello, se ha realizado un estudio de tipo no experimental, aplicando un cuestionario –que evalúa las relaciones interpersonales del profesorado con sus alumnos, compañeros y superiores– a 1,092 docentes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Se analizaron las posibles diferencias en la percepción del clima de centro en función de variables propias del profesor (edad, sexo, años de experiencia, tipo de asignatura, etc.) y del centro donde trabaja (titularidad y zona). Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que los sujetos perciben, en términos generales, un clima adecuado (mostrando un nivel medio en la Relación Profesor-Alumnos y un nivel medio-alto en su relación con Compañeros y Superiores). Se han encontrado diferencias significativas en función de la zona y el tipo de centro (siendo los profesores de centros privados y concertados los que perciben una mejor reacción con alumnos y compañeros) y los años de experiencia docente de los profesores (siendo los de menos de 5 años de experiencia los que perciben un clima menos positivo con sus alumnos), entre otros. The social climate in schools plays an important role for students (in their academic development, respect, trust and among other aspects) and for teachers (in their teaching performance, sense of accomplishment, self-concept, coping ability, etc.). Faced with this reality, the aim of this study is to analyze the perception that the teachers of compulsory secondary education have about the climate of the center where they work. To this end, a non-experimental study has been carried out by applying a questionnaire to 1,092 teachers from the community of Madrid which evaluates the interpersonal relationships of the teachers with their students, colleagues and superiors. The possible differences in the perception of the social climate were analyzed according to the variables of the teachers (age, sex, years of experience, type of subject, etc.) and the center where they work (ownership and area). The results show that the teachers perceive, in general, an adequate climate (showing a medium level in the Teacher-Student Relationship and a medium-high level in their relationship with Colleagues and Superiors). Significant differences have been found in terms of the area and the type of center (the teachers of private and subsidized centers who perceive a better reaction with students and classmates) and the years of teaching experience of the professors (those with 5 years of experience or less who perceive a less positive climate with their students), among others.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-444
Author(s):  
James A. Margolis

Forty-two of 52 families that were participants in a retrospective study of childhood poisoning 5 years ago were included in this follow-up study. During the interim, none of the subjects or their siblings poisoned themselves and there was no shift from poisoning to other types of childhood accidents. Socioeconomic factors and school performance do not differentiate the groups. However, the poisoned children, especially the repeaters, have more behavior problems during latency than the control children and are characterized as hyperactive, "aggressive-impulsive," and "passive-anxious." The present study indicates that childhood poisoning is not only related to maladaptation in the child and family at the time of the poisoning, but predicts later problems in the child that are focused on difficulties in interpersonal relationships rather than exposing him to increased accident susceptibility. A parent-child relationship in the form of a "power struggle," misdirected anger, and developmental characteristics of oral explorative behavior, mimicry, and negativism predispose toddlers to ingest poisons. Preventitive implications concentrate on the parent-child relationship rather than environmental risk. This approach includes education regarding developmental characteristics of the toddler, parent guidance to prevent power struggles and other inadequate methods of dealing with the child and ongoing intervention to help the child find more appropriate ways of handling aggression. These seem necessary both to reduce further poisonings and as primary prevention of serious characterologic problems later in the child's development.


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