Parental Smartphone Addiction and Child Social Avoidance: the Moderated Parallel Mediation of Parent-Child Relationship

IF 2.5 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Applied Research in Quality of Life Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI:10.1007/s11482-025-10477-3

Jingjing Zhu, Jiayu Luo, Junyang Feng, Yan Li

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Abstract

Employing a moderated parallel mediation model, this study investigated the influence mechanism of parental smartphone addiction on children’s social avoidance among 1586 parent-child dyads (M_age =51.19 months, SD = 13.49) in Shanghai, China. The results revealed that: (1) maternal smartphone addiction positively predicted children’s social avoidance; (2) mother-child closeness and mother-child conflict significantly mediated the relationship between maternal smartphone addiction and children’s social avoidance, accounting for 13.33% and 45% of the total effect, respectively; (3) mother-child conflict moderated the relationship between paternal smartphone addiction and children’s social avoidance, with the association being significant only when mother-child conflict was below 1.65 SD. Both mother-child conflict and mother-child closeness moderated the relationship between father-child closeness and children’s social avoidance, with the association being significant only when mother-child conflict was above 0.002 SD and mother-child closeness was below − 1.40 SD. These findings suggest that enhancing parent-child closeness and reducing parent-child conflict may buffer the adverse effects of parental smartphone addiction on children’s social avoidance.

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父母智能手机成瘾与儿童社交回避：有调节的亲子关系平行中介

本研究采用有调节的平行中介模型，对上海市1586对（Mage =51.19个月，SD = 13.49）父母智能手机成瘾对儿童社交回避的影响机制进行了研究。结果表明：(1)母亲智能手机成瘾对儿童社交回避有正向预测作用；(2)母子亲密和母子冲突显著中介了母亲智能手机成瘾与儿童社交回避的关系，分别占总效应的13.33%和45%；(3)母子冲突调节了父亲智能手机成瘾与儿童社交回避的关系，只有当母子冲突低于1.65 SD时，这种关联才显著。母子冲突和母子亲密对亲子亲密与儿童社会回避的关系均有调节作用，只有当母子冲突大于0.002 SD，母子亲密小于- 1.40 SD时，亲子亲密关系才显著。这些研究结果表明，增强亲子亲密度和减少亲子冲突可以缓冲父母智能手机成瘾对儿童社交回避的不利影响。

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Applied Research in Quality of Life SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to publish conceptual, methodological and empirical papers dealing with quality-of-life studies in the applied areas of the natural and social sciences. As the official journal of the ISQOLS, it is designed to attract papers that have direct implications for, or impact on practical applications of research on the quality-of-life. We welcome papers crafted from interdisciplinary, inter-professional and international perspectives. This research should guide decision making in a variety of professions, industries, nonprofit, and government sectors, including healthcare, travel and tourism, marketing, corporate management, community planning, social work, public administration, and human resource management. The goal is to help decision makers apply performance measures and outcome assessment techniques based on concepts such as well-being, human satisfaction, human development, happiness, wellness and quality-of-life. The Editorial Review Board is divided into specific sections indicating the broad scope of practice covered by the journal. The section editors are distinguished scholars from many countries across the globe.