Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model
Originally published 2024-03-18 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1338055 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
When my child tries to get my attention, what do I do with my phone?
The focus here is caregivers’ phone distraction and preschoolers’ prosocial behavior.
Who was studied?
3,834 parents recruited through 20 kindergartens in Zhuhai, China
Age / stage: Preschool
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate caregivers’ phone distraction and preschoolers’ prosocial behavior?
- Whose report describes the parent, the child and the outcome, and where might those reports differ?
- How differently might a parent and a preschooler experience the same phone interruption?
Keep the limits in view
Parents’ reports of their own phone behavior and the child’s behavior can share reporting bias across the 20 participating kindergartens.
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Dasheng Shi; Yongqi Xu; Lin Chu (2024). The association between parents phubbing and prosocial behavior among Chinese preschool children: a moderated mediation model Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1338055
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