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The longitudinal relationship between perceived co-parenting and problematic smartphone use among Chinese rural
Xiaoyu Shen1, Wei Zhang2, Xiaotian Liu3
1School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, China, 122 Ninghai Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210097, People's Republic of China.
Objectives:
Growing evidence suggests that family factors play an important role in adolescent problematic smartphone use. However, few studies have examined how specific dimensions of perceived co-parenting are related to distinct symptoms of problematic smartphone use. Network analysis offers a useful approach for investigating these associations in detail. This study aimed to model a cross-lagged network of co-parenting factors and problematic smartphone use using longitudinal data to identify their temporal relationships among rural adolescents.
Methods:
A total of 494 adolescents (51.8% boys, Mage = 15.56, SD = 0.60) from rural areas of China were assessed at three time points, each separated by a 3-month interval. Two cross-lagged panel networks were examined to model the temporal associations among factors of perceived co-parenting and problematic smartphone use.
Results:
Withdrawal consistently emerged as the most central and influential symptom within the problematic smartphone use network. In the bridge network linking co-parenting and problematic smartphone use, mother conflict and social comfort functioned as key bridge nodes. In addition, father disparagement was identified as a co-parenting dimension that exerted a substantial predictive influence on symptoms of problematic smartphone use.
Conclusions:
The findings highlight the dynamic interplay between perceived co-parenting and adolescent problematic smartphone use, underscoring the importance of family system processes. Although traditional Confucian culture positions mothers as the primary caregivers, our findings suggest that strengthening fathers' support for mothers' parenting, while reducing parental conflict and disparagement, may help prevent and mitigate problematic smartphone use among adolescents.
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