Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Family Dynamics and Digital Distractions: A Survey-Based Study on How Co-Parenting and Parental Phubbing Shape Preschoolers’ Media Use
Originally published 2025-05-30 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs15060752 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
When we set a media routine, whose behavior is part of that routine?
This paper links the way adults coordinate care with their own attention to devices and children's media use. All three are part of the household setting being measured.
Who was studied?
610 parents of preschoolers recruited through three kindergartens in central China.
Age / stage: Preschool years
Read with three questions
- Who reported both coparenting and children's media habits?
- Which measures came from the same participant, and which had an independent source?
- How might the division of care in a different household affect how the findings apply?
Keep the limits in view
A cross-sectional account measures variables in the same period. It cannot establish which came first; participants reporting more than one measure may also introduce shared reporting bias.
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Yuying Zhang; Kuai Song; Gengfeng Niu; Xuechen Ding (2025). Family Dynamics and Digital Distractions: A Survey-Based Study on How Co-Parenting and Parental Phubbing Shape Preschoolers’ Media Use Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060752
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