Perceived Parental Monitoring of Smartphones and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents: Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Control

Nov 21, 2022Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking

How Teens’ Views of Their Parents’ Smartphone Monitoring Relate to Problematic Smartphone Use Through Their Confidence and Self-Control

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Abstract

A survey of 899 middle- and high-school students found that perceived parental monitoring of smartphones was negatively related to adolescent problematic smartphone use (PSU).

Self-control partially mediated the relationship between perceived parental monitoring and adolescent PSU.
Self-efficacy and self-control sequentially mediated the link between parental monitoring of smartphones and PSU.
The findings suggest a complex relationship involving parental monitoring, self-efficacy, and self-control in relation to PSU.

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Adolescents are vulnerable for problematic smartphone use (PSU), which is associated with adverse psychological and physical health outcomes. Prior studies have debated whether the association between parental monitoring of smartphones and PSU is positive, negative, or nonsignificant. The present study investigated the relationship between parental monitoring of smartphones and PSU and the potential mediation mechanism involving self-efficacy and self-control. Eight hundred ninety-nine middle- and high-school students from a metropolitan city in China completed a questionnaire containing measurements of demographic information, perceived parental monitoring of smartphones, self-control, self-efficacy, and PSU. The results showed that (a) perceived parental monitoring of smartphones was negatively related to adolescent PSU; (b) self-control partially mediated the link between perceived parental monitoring of smartphones and adolescent PSU; and (c) self-efficacy and self-control sequentially mediated the link between parental monitoring of smartphones and PSU. The current study highlights the mediating mechanisms linking perceived parental monitoring of smartphones and adolescent PSU, and this may contribute to the development of family-based prevention and intervention strategies for adolescent PSU.

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Perceived Parental Monitoring of Smartphones and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents: Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Control

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