The reciprocal relations between parental psychological control and adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use: A four-wave longitudinal study

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Addictive behaviors Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108389

Shuang Li , Ningning Feng , Lijuan Cui

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Abstract

Parental psychological control has long been considered as a negative related factor of adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use, but the influence of different strategies of psychological control is unclear. This longitudinal study aims to examine the reciprocal effects between parental psychological control and adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use, focusing on three strategies of psychological control. During four waves (T1: January 2023; T2: August 2023; T3: February 2024; T4: August 2024), a total of 1,374 Chinese adolescents completed the questionnaires of parental psychological control and problematic mobile phone use. The RI-CLPM analysis showed that parental psychological control predicted subsequent adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use positively at within-family levels, and adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use predicted subsequent parental psychological control positively at within-family levels. Further each strategy analysis suggests that authority assertion, love withdrawal, and guilt induction predicted subsequent adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use positively. Conversely, adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use predicted subsequent authority assertion and love withdrawal positively but did not predict guilt induction. The vicious cycle between certain psychological control strategies (i.e., authority assertion and love withdrawal) and adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use demonstrates the effects of negative family functioning. These findings provide a new scientific basis for the family-oriented intervention of adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use.

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父母心理控制与青少年问题手机使用的相互关系：一项四波纵向研究

父母心理控制一直被认为是青少年不良手机使用的负相关因素，但不同的心理控制策略对青少年不良手机使用的影响尚不清楚。本纵向研究旨在探讨父母心理控制与青少年问题手机使用之间的相互作用，重点探讨三种心理控制策略。在四波期间(T1: 2023年1月；T2: 2023年8月；T3: 2024年2月；T4: August 2024)，共1374名中国青少年完成了父母心理控制和问题手机使用问卷。RI-CLPM分析表明，父母心理控制在家庭内部水平上对后续青少年的问题手机使用具有正向预测作用，青少年的问题手机使用在家庭内部水平上对后续父母心理控制具有正向预测作用。此外，每种策略分析都表明，权威主张、爱的退缩和罪恶感诱导正预测了随后青少年的问题手机使用。相反，青少年的问题手机使用对随后的权威主张和爱的退缩有正向的预测作用，但对内疚诱导没有正向的预测作用。某些心理控制策略（即权威主张和爱的退缩）与青少年问题手机使用之间的恶性循环证明了负性家庭功能的影响。研究结果为青少年问题手机使用的家庭干预提供了新的科学依据。

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Addictive behaviors 医学-药物滥用

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

4.50%

发文量

283

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality human research on addictive behaviors and disorders since 1975. The journal accepts submissions of full-length papers and short communications on substance-related addictions such as the abuse of alcohol, drugs and nicotine, and behavioral addictions involving gambling and technology. We primarily publish behavioral and psychosocial research but our articles span the fields of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, epidemiology, social policy, medicine, pharmacology and neuroscience. While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. However, innovative and empirically oriented case studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry are accepted as well. Studies that clearly contribute to current knowledge of etiology, prevention, social policy or treatment are given priority. Scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are encouraged. We especially welcome multimedia papers that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings. Studies can also be submitted to Addictive Behaviors? companion title, the open access journal Addictive Behaviors Reports, which has a particular interest in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically-oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research.