More control of screen time, less stress: the effects of using parental control applications on parents

Plus de contrôle du temps de connexion, moins de stress: effets de l’utilisation des applications de contrôle parental sur le bien-être des parents

Laurent Bertrandias (), Yohan Bernard () and Leïla Elgaaïed-Gambier ()
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Laurent Bertrandias: TBS - Toulouse Business School, IUT Paul Sabatier - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Paul Sabatier - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse
Yohan Bernard: CREGO - Centre de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UB - Université de Bourgogne - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE]
Leïla Elgaaïed-Gambier: TBS - Toulouse Business School

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Abstract: Today, children's smartphone overuse and digital addiction are among parents' top concerns. To help address this issue, IT firms have developed services to help parents monitor child screen time. The literature on the impacts of parental control tends to focus on the well-being of children, often overlooking the effects of parenting control on the well-being of parents. This research investigates the psychological outcomes associated with the delegation of parental control to an app. We conducted one survey and two experiments among samples of parents. Our results show that delegation of parenting control to an app improves well-being by decreasing psychological overload and increasing parental efficacy. Our findings also suggest that parental control based on strict restriction of screen time is perceived to be more helpful to increase parental efficacy and well-being than educational tracking. Implications for IT companies are discussed.

Keywords: Parental control; Screen time; Well-being; Psychological overload; Parental efficacy; Contrôle parental; Temps d'écran; Bien-être; Surcharge psychologique; Efficacité Parentale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05-18
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Published in 38ème congrès international de l'Association française du marketing (AFM), Institut des hautes études commerciales de Carthage et l’Institut supérieur de comptabilité et d’administration des entreprises (ISCAE), May 2022, Tunis, Tunisia

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