Smartphone Ownership, Minors' Well-being, and Parental Mediation Strategies. An Analysis in the Context of Social Media Influencers.

IF 4.3 3区 材料科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
ACS Applied Electronic Materials Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-23 DOI:10.1007/s10964-024-02013-7
Miguel Ángel Martín-Cárdaba, Mercedes Victoria Martínez Díaz, Patricia Lafuente Pérez, Javier García Castro
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Although smartphone ownership among minors has become an important social phenomenon, its impact on children's and adolescents' well-being, as well as the mechanisms by which this might take place are not yet sufficiently well-established. To date, no research has examined the effect of smartphone ownership on the well-being of minors through the consumption of influencer-generated content, nor has it explored the effectiveness of the main prevention strategies employed by parents in this context. To fill those gaps, 800 Spanish minors (50% female) aged from 8 to 16 years old (M = 12.33, SD = 2.38) participated in a correlational study in which the ownership of electronic devices, the consumption of influencer generated content, the parasocial relationship with the influencer, and the most common parental mediation strategies were considered. The results showed a positive association between electronic device ownership and psychological discomfort, problematic usage, and imitation of dangerous behaviors. This association was mediated by the consumption of influencer-generated content and the parasocial relationship established by the minor with the influencer. Regarding preventive strategies, only active mediation was inversely related to poorer well-being indicators, however this positive effect significantly decreased when a smartphone or a similar electronic device was owned by the minor (vs. no owned). These findings contribute to the understanding of how smartphone ownership can affect the well-being of children, emphasizing the need for thoughtful consideration when deciding whether to provide smartphones to minors.

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智能手机拥有率、未成年人的幸福感和父母的调解策略。社交媒体影响者背景下的分析。
尽管未成年人拥有智能手机已成为一种重要的社会现象,但其对儿童和青少年福祉的影响以及产生这种影响的机制尚未得到充分证实。迄今为止,还没有研究探讨过拥有智能手机对未成年人通过消费影响者生成的内容而产生的幸福感的影响,也没有探讨过家长在这种情况下采用的主要预防策略的有效性。为了填补这些空白,800 名年龄在 8 至 16 岁之间的西班牙未成年人(50% 为女性)(中位数 = 12.33,标准差 = 2.38)参加了一项相关研究,该研究考虑了电子设备的拥有情况、影响者生成内容的消费情况、与影响者的寄生社会关系以及最常见的家长调解策略。研究结果表明,电子设备的拥有与心理不适、问题使用和危险行为模仿之间存在正相关。这种关联通过消费影响者制作的内容和未成年人与影响者建立的寄生社会关系来调节。在预防策略方面,只有主动调解与较差的幸福感指标呈反向关系,但当未成年人拥有智能手机或类似电子设备时(与不拥有智能手机或类似电子设备的情况相比),这种正向效应明显减弱。这些发现有助于人们了解智能手机的拥有会如何影响儿童的幸福感,强调在决定是否向未成年人提供智能手机时需要深思熟虑。
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