Children’s Self-Esteem and Problematic Smartphone Use: The Moderating Effect of Family Rituals

Kim, Daeun; Jahng, Kyung Eun

doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01526-1

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“…The unfulfilled sense of control in the offline world may promote adolescents to seek sense of control in cyberspace (Sun et al, 2020), thus increasing their use of the Internet and further multiplying the risk for PSU. A significant life is characterized by positive perceptions of, and positive affects, toward oneself (namely, high self-esteem) (Baumeister, 1990;Rosenberg, 1965) which has been found to prevent adolescents from PSU (Kim & Jahng, 2019). More generally, adolescents with a greater sense of MIL are better at coping with negative situations in life (García-Alandete et al, 2019) and tend to invest more time and effort in achieving goals they cherish (Ryff & Singer, 1998), thus less likely to engage in PSU (Kuang-Tsan & Fu-Yuan, 2017).…”

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Meaning in Life and Self-Control Mediate the Potential Contribution of Harsh Parenting to Adolescents’ Problematic Smartphone Use: Longitudinal Multi-Group Analyses

Wang

Geng

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has become an increasingly serious social issue that gradually impairs adolescents’ daily social functioning. This study aimed to examine the potential contribution of harsh parenting (HP) to PSU by testing a two-mediator model in which meaning in life (MIL) and self-control (SC) were hypothesized to be two mediators. The moderating role of gender was also examined. Eight hundred and twenty-eight middle school students from rural areas in China (mean age = 13.04) reported on harsh parenting, MIL, self-control, and PSU. Both parents also reported on each other’s harsh parenting and their child’s self-control. Multi-group structural equation modeling analyses revealed gender differences in the association patterns among the model variables. Harsh parenting was only indirectly associated with PSU for both boys and girls. MIL and self-control completely mediated the relation between harsh parenting and PSU in sequential manners for boys and girls. And for boys, beyond the common path from harsh parenting to PSU, another indirect path existed from harsh parenting to self-control to PSU. But jointly, MIL and self-control precipitate more indirect effects for girls than for boys in the association between harsh parenting and PSU. Findings suggested that harsh parenting was detrimental to adolescents’ MIL and self-control, which enhances their risk for PSU, especially for girls. These findings provide more insights for efforts to prevent adolescents from PSU.

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Meaning in Life and Self-Control Mediate the Potential Contribution of Harsh Parenting to Adolescents’ Problematic Smartphone Use: Longitudinal Multi-Group Analyses

Wang

Geng

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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“…It does not make children use smartphones excessively to look for children's momentary pleasure by playing games or watching on YouTube. Furthermore, research was conducted by (Kim & Jahng, 2019).…”

Section: Family Cohesion Has a Negative Direct Effect On Early Childhood Smartphone Addictionmentioning

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Family Cohesion, Interpersonal Communication, and Smartphone Addiction: Does It Affect Children’s Emotional Dysregulation?

Rachmat

Hartati

Erdawati

2021

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Emotional dysregulation in early childhood has shown various early symptoms, such as aggressiveness, anxiety, short attention span, etc. This study aims to determine the effects of family cohesion, interpersonal communication, and smartphone addiction variables on children's emotional dysregulation. The respondents of this study were 338 students’ parents from Cirebon City, Indonesia. Data were collected by means of online questionnaires distributed individually to each kindergarten selected using proportionate cluster random sampling. The results of this study show that two variables, namely family cohesion (p = .031) and interpersonal communication (p = .016) have negative direct effects on children's emotional dysregulation. Meanwhile, smartphone addiction (p = .000) directly affects children's emotional dysregulation. From the results, it is assumed that children's emotional dysregulation will decrease when there is a focus on improving the quality of family cohesion and on decreasing the level of smartphone addiction. Besides, the government, schools, and parents should concern about and implement a policy to keep on monitoring children when using smartphones and developing positive and harmonious family cohesion.

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“…Excessive duration of smartphone use has been widely studied and uses various terminology, such as problematic smartphone use (Horwood & Anglim, 2018;Huang et al, 2021;Kim & Jahng, 2019), smartphone addiction (Cha & Seo, 2018;Hawi & Samaha, 2017), compulsive (Lee et al, 2014), excessive (Wacks & Weinstein, 2021), and maladaptive (Beranuy et al, 2009). Those terminologies are often used interchangeably.…”

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Family Rituals and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents

Maulida¹,

Anindhita²,

Abidin³

2023

JIKK

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Family factors have been identified as potential protective or risk factors for problematic smartphone use in adolescents, yet studies on family rituals as one of the important family factors are scarce. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between family rituals and problematic smartphone use in adolescents. Family rituals were measured using the Family Ritual Questionnaire (FRQ), and problematic smartphone use was measured using the Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale (MPPUS). Both measurements were validated in the Indonesian version. Using a cross-sectional approach, we applied a convenience sampling method. Two hundred and twelve adolescents aged 12-18 (girls= 113, boys= 98; Mean age= 14.56, SD= 1.41) participated in this study. The data was analyzed using Spearman’s rho correlation analysis. The results show no significant correlation between family rituals and problematic smartphone use in adolescents (r = 0.01; p > 0.05). Further investigation involving family communication as a mediating variable is strongly recommended.

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Children’s Self-Esteem and Problematic Smartphone Use: The Moderating Effect of Family Rituals

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Meaning in Life and Self-Control Mediate the Potential Contribution of Harsh Parenting to Adolescents’ Problematic Smartphone Use: Longitudinal Multi-Group Analyses

Meaning in Life and Self-Control Mediate the Potential Contribution of Harsh Parenting to Adolescents’ Problematic Smartphone Use: Longitudinal Multi-Group Analyses

Family Cohesion, Interpersonal Communication, and Smartphone Addiction: Does It Affect Children’s Emotional Dysregulation?

Family Rituals and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents

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