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Prospective Association Between Parental Problematic Smartphone Use and Early Childhood Internalizing Symptoms.

Fabricio de Andrade Rocha1,2, Marie-Andrée Binet3, Gabrielle Garon-Carrier2

  • 1Department of Preschool and Elementary School Education, Faculty of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

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Parental problematic smartphone use in early childhood is linked to increased internalizing symptoms in children by age 5.5. This highlights the need to address parental screen habits for child development.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Media Psychology

Background:

  • Problematic smartphone use is prevalent among parents.
  • Early childhood is a critical period for development.
  • Parental behaviors can influence child outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the prospective association between parental problematic smartphone use at 3.5 years and child internalizing symptoms at 5.5 years.
  • To understand the long-term impact of parental screen habits on child emotional development.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 315 Canadian parents and their children.
  • Assessed parental problematic smartphone use using a 7-item scale.
  • Measured child internalizing symptoms via the NIH Toolbox sadness subscale at age 5.5.
  • Controlled for child emotional reactivity and parenting stress.
  • Utilized structural equation modeling to analyze associations.

Main Results:

  • A significant positive association was found between parental problematic smartphone use at age 3.5 and child internalizing symptoms at age 5.5 (β = 0.23, p = 0.047).
  • This suggests that higher parental problematic smartphone use predicts greater child internalizing symptoms later.

Conclusions:

  • Parental problematic smartphone use is associated with increased internalizing symptoms in young children.
  • Findings underscore the importance of parental screen media habits in child development.
  • Intervention efforts should consider parental screen use to promote child well-being.