The Relationship of Technoference in Conjugal Interactions and Child Smartphone Dependence: The Chain Mediation between Marital Conflict and Coparenting

Tingting Shao, Chengwei Zhu, Xi Quan, Haitao Wang and Cai Zhang ()
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Tingting Shao: Institute of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Chengwei Zhu: Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xi Quan: Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Haitao Wang: Department of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Cai Zhang: Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: With the increasing use of smartphones in our lives, technoference has become a new threat to family relationships and child development. The present study explored the impact of technoference in conjugal interactions on child smartphone dependence and its underlying mechanism. The participants were 6923 fourth grade children (55.0% boys; the average age was 10.60 years) in 545 primary schools and their parents (35.3% fathers). We found that technoference in conjugal interactions was significantly associated with child smartphone dependence. Technoference in conjugal interactions indirectly affected child smartphone dependence through marital conflict or coparenting and a chain mediation between marital conflict and coparenting. These findings support the spillover theory and provide relevant empirical evidence and advance our understanding of parental functioning on child smartphone dependence within the Chinese culture.

Keywords: technoference in conjugal interactions; marital conflict; coparenting; child smartphone dependence; chain mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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