The Relationship between Maternal Smart Media Self-efficacy and Preschoolers’ Smart Media Addiction Tendency: Dual Mediating Effects of Maternal Guidance on Smart Media Usage and Preschoolers’ Smart Media Usage Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-79
Author(s):  
Eunji Kim
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Smart Media ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Effect of the Use of Smart Media on the Cognitive and Language Development of the Preschooler: The Mediating Effect of Smart Media Addiction Tendency and the Moderated Mediating Effects of Maternal Guidance on Smart Media Usage

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Eunji Kim ◽  
Gweeyeon Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Smart Media ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between preschoolers’ smart media usage in regards to cognitive and language development, especially the mediating effect of preschoolers’ smart media addiction tendency and the moderated mediating effect of maternal guidance on smart media usage. The study surveyed 273 preschoolers’ mothers who lived in Daegu City and Kyungpook Province. The findings of this study were as follows. First, preschoolers’ smart media addiction tendency mediated the relationship between smart media usage time in regards to cognitive and language development. Second, maternal active mediation and monitoring moderated the relationship between preschoolers’ smart media usage time and smart media addiction tendency. Third, there was a maternal co-use moderated the mediating effect of preschoolers’ smart media addiction tendency on language development. In conclusion, preschoolers’ smart media addition tendency mediated the effect of smart media usage time on cognitive and language development. Among the mediation pathways, the influence of preschoolers’ smart media addiction tendency on language development was moderated by maternal co-use. The findings of this study suggest that maternal guidance should be applied differently depending on preschoolers’ smart media addiction tendency. This study examined preschoolers’ and maternal smart media-related variables on preschoolers’ cognitive and language development in order to provide preliminary data that can be used to explore the maternal guidance on how to use smart media for their preschool children.

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