Abstract
In this research, quantitative findings and qualitative follow-up themes were used to quantify, conceptualize and finally try to explain the impact of disabled children’ engagement with physical activity on their parents’ smartphone addiction levels. An initial phase of quantitative investigation was conducted with 116 parents. Analyses of statistical trends indicated that male parents use smartphones more often than female. Furthermore, quantitizing data towards parents’ smartphone addiction showed that parents watching their disabled children during physical activity exhibit more smartphone-addicted behaviors than non-watching parents. Finally, data obtained from quantitative findings revealed that levels of smartphone addiction of parents whose disabled children participated in more than 60 minutes of physical activity were greater than the levels of smartphone addiction of parents whose disabled children participated in 60 minutes of physical activity. With no adequate theoretical explanation for these results, a follow-up explanations phase of qualitative investigation was conducted with 5 parents. Analyses of interview data emerged three themes: (a) Male dominance in smartphone use, (c) parents passive participation in physical activity with or without smartphones and (b) levels of smartphone addiction among parents in terms of duration of their children daily physical activity engagement.
Highlights
Despite its apparent appeal to thousands of disabled children and their parents, there might be a psychological problem associated with physical activity engagement
We presented a comprehensive and synergistic approach driven by this overarching hybrid research question: How do disabled children‟ engagement with physical activity affect their parents‟ smartphone addiction levels? The first two words in this research question point out that clearly interconnected quantitative and qualitative components are necessary, with do demonstrating the need for a quantitative modalities and how demonstrating the need for a qualitative follow-up
The quantitative phase of this research seeks to find answers to that component question: Are parents‟ smartphone addiction levels different on variables of (a) gender, (b) parents watching their children while engaging in physical activity, (c) duration of children‟ daily engagement with physical activity, and (d) parents-children engagement with physical activity together? investigating age and gender as independent variable was beyond the scope of broader research topic, these two variables were considered to be central components as they can contribute to collective understanding into social phenomenon under investigation
Summary
Despite its apparent appeal to thousands of disabled children and their parents, there might be a psychological problem associated with physical activity engagement. Why and how parents exhibit addicted behaviors to smartphone depending on their disabled children‟ engagement with physical activity might differ among parents. A core assumption of this sequential explanatory mixed methods approach used in this present research is combining statistical trends (quantitative data) with stories and personal experiences (qualitative data) to answer and link the different levels of research questions at the level of explanation. This collective strength provides a better understanding of the research problem than either form data alone (Creswell, 2014). The article gives a perspective of both quantitative (closed-ended) and qualitative (open-ended) data, integrates the two, and draws interpretations based on the combined strengths of both sets of data to gain insight into research problem
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