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  • Parenting significantly influences adolescent technology use, yet bidirectional links and the role of emotion communication remain underexplored.
  • Family communication, particularly regarding negative emotions, is crucial for adolescent adjustment and digital behavior.
  • This study addresses gaps in understanding the interplay between adolescent emotion expression, parental communication, and problematic technology use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the longitudinal, bidirectional associations between parent-adolescent communication patterns and adolescent problematic social media use and internet gaming.
  • To examine the specific role of emotion-related communication in adolescent technology use behaviors.
  • To provide insights into the family dynamics underlying adolescent digital addiction.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study involving 564 adolescents (mean age 15.78 years) in China, with data collected at three time points approximately 8 months apart.
  • Utilized Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model to analyze reciprocal relationships between communication variables and problematic technology use.
  • Assessed problematic social media use, internet gaming, and parent-adolescent communication patterns related to negative emotions.

Main Results:

  • Between-person: Active/reactive emotion sharing negatively correlated with problematic technology use; lack of parental solicitation/adolescent response positively correlated.
  • Within-person: Lack of adolescent response predicted increased problematic social media use; reciprocal effects observed between lack of adolescent response and problematic internet gaming.
  • No significant gender differences were found in the observed associations.

Conclusions:

  • Findings enhance theoretical understanding of adolescent digital addiction through the lens of family emotion communication.
  • Highlights the protective role of open emotion sharing and the detrimental impact of communication barriers.
  • Offers practical implications for developing interventions aimed at preventing and managing adolescent digital addiction.