Children's Smartphone Research Articles

Research on the Impact of Smart Phone Use on Children's Socialization

With the development of mobile Internet technology, smart phones play an increasingly important role in people's social life, and also gradually become an important companion in children's life. But at present, the content of children's access to mobile phones is mainly adult information with adults as the target group. Children's access to smart phones means that they are exposed to the adult information world without protection, which has an important impact on their socialization. This paper investigates children's smart phone contact behavior in the form of questionnaire, analyzes the impact of smart phone contact on children's socialization, and thinks that smart phone can help children understand society more comprehensively, cultivate calm personality, improve safety awareness, form correct communication concept, and clarify career ideal, At the same time, there are also some negative effects such as excessive use of mobile phones leading to children's personality loneliness, moral decline, social value distortion, Internet addiction and so on. Finally, from the family, school, society, government, media five aspects put forward corresponding strategies to reduce the negative impact of smart phones on children's socialization, so as to promote the development of children's socialization.

The relationship of children's smartphone use with well-being and school achievement

The relationship of children's smartphone use with well-being and school achievement

Lower-Income Predicts Increased Smartphone Use and Problematic Behaviors Among Schoolchildren During COVID-19 Related School Modification: A Longitudinal Study.

BackgroundAs the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has continued for a couple of years, the long-term effects of the pandemic and the subsequent school curriculum modification on the mental health of children and parents need to be investigated. To clarify the changes that can occur during one school year and to predict the risk factors for vulnerable groups, this study identified parameters relative to children’s screen time, their problematic behavior, and parental depression.MethodsA total of 186 participants were analyzed who were parents of elementary schoolchildren in South Korea. These parents were required to complete a web-based questionnaire twice. The questionnaires were conducted in June 2020 and September 2021. Participants’ general demographics including family income, children’s screen time, sleep patterns, problematic behavior, and parental depression were assessed via the parental questionnaire that included various measurement tools.ResultsChildren’s body mass index (BMI) increased significantly in 2021 (18.94 ± 3.75 vs. 18.14 ± 3.30, P < 0.001). Smartphone frequency of use per week (5.35 vs. 4.54, P < 0.001) and screen time per day (3.52 vs. 3.16, P < 0.001) significantly increased during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The television screen time (2.88 vs. 3.26, P < 0.001), frequency of viewing (3.77 vs. 4.77, P < 0.001), and children’s problematic behaviors significantly decreased (9.15 vs. 11.85, P < 0.001). A lower income household was a key predictor of increased smartphone frequency (B = 1.840, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.923–2.757, P < 0.001) and smartphone screen time (B = 1.992, 95% CI, 1.458–2.525, P < 0.001). The results showed that the lower income household (B = 5.624, 95% CI, 2.927–8.320, P < 0.001) and a child’s psychiatric treatment history (B = 7.579, 95% CI, 5.666–9.492, P < 0.001) was the most significant predictor of problematic behaviors of children and parental depression (B = 3.476, 95% CI, 1.628–5.325, P < 0.001; B = 3.138, 95% CI, 1.827–4.450, P < 0.001).ConclusionThis study suggested that children’s smartphone screen time and BMI increased during COVID-19 because of the school curriculum modification following school closures in South Korea. The increased children’s problematic behaviors and parental depression were predicted by lower-income households and the previous psychiatric history of children. These results indicate that multiple social support systems to the vulnerable group are needed during the ongoing pandemic and that a modified school setting is required.

Mothers' Views on the Educational and Social Effects Of Children's Smartphone Use

Mothers' Views on the Educational and Social Effects Of Children's Smartphone Use

Psychological safety and its relationship to smartphone use addiction among high school students in Jazan educational administration: الأمن النفسي وعلاقته بإدمان استخدام الهواتف الذكية لدى طالبات المرحلة الثانوية في إدارة تعليم جازان

The study aimed to discover the relationship between psychological safety and smartphone among high school students in the Jazan Educational administration and to predict smartphone use addiction through the psychological safety among high school students in the Jazan Educational administration. and the researcher used the relational-descriptive method, and the Psychological Safety Scale was used by (Shukair: 2005), and smartphone Addiction Scale by (Alosaimai et, al.: 2016).The study sample consisted of (430) female students from the secondary stage of the Jazan Educational administration, they were randomly selected from the three general secondary grades of the schools affiliated to Jazan Educational Administration Where the arithmetic mean of their ages (16.074), The results indicated the high level of psychological safety among the study sample of high school students, and the high level of smartphone use addiction among secondary school students. It also indicated that there is a negative correlation between psychological safety and smartphone use addiction among secondary school students at the significance level (0.01), and the possibility of predicting smartphone use addiction among secondary school students through the dimensions of psychological safety at the level of significance (0.01) through each degree of (the individual mood, the individual composition, and his vision for the future). The study recommends educating mothers and fathers about the correct educational methods in dealing with cases of children's smartphone addiction.

The Effects of Korean Parents' Smartphone Addiction on Korean Children's Smartphone Addiction: Moderating Effects of Children's Gender and Age.

Background: Smartphone addiction among children and adolescents has a negative effect, as excessive use of smartphones can cause physical symptoms, such as fatigue, indigestion, and sleep problems, as well as psychopathological problems, such as depression, anxiety, and impulsiveness. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out using the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2019 conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute. The total number of participants was 4656 youths (2290 in grade 5 and 2366 in grade 8), and the dependent and independent variables were smartphone addiction in children and parents, respectively. Multiple regression analysis was conducted by Stata 15.0 SE. Results: First, the level of parents’ smartphone addiction affected that of children and adolescents. Second, the children’s and adolescents’ age affected the level of smartphone addiction, while their gender did not affect it. Third, the relationship between the levels of parents’ and children’s smartphone addiction was not moderated by the genders and ages of the children and adolescents. Conclusions: It was confirmed that as parents’ smartphone addiction increased, that of children increased, and smartphone addiction was found to increase in the second grade of middle school (12 years old) rather than grade 5 of elementary school (10 years old). Parents’ and children’s smartphone addiction was not moderated by children’s and adolescents’ gender and age.

Povezanost upotrebe mobilnih telefona i fizičke aktivnosti dece predškolskog uzrasta u slobodnom vremenu

We are witnesses to an ever faster and more "aggressive" influence of modern technologies, not only on lives of adults and adolescents, but also children of preschool age. This planetary trend has not bypassed contemporary Serbian society either. The subject of this paper is the analysis of the data collected through the original empirical research in relation to establishing a connection between (1) the dimension of smartphone control imposed by the parents and (2) the dimensions of physical activity of children of preschool age in their leisure time. The paper analyzes the physical activities of preschool children depending on the following variables: children's gender and age (4, 5 or 6 years old), whether the child owns a smartphone or not, whether the child is included in a programmed sports activity; all this in relation to the parents' statement on whether they limit the time of the child's smartphone use. The relationship between these variables is justified by applying the Parental Smartphone Use Management Scale (PSUMS), while Baecke questionnaire is used for the data on preschool children's physical activity in their leisure time. The empirical research was carried out in the first half of 2020 by conducting a survey among the parents of 943 preschool children aged from 4 to 6 attending preschool and daycare centres in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbia). Based on the analysis of the collected data, we have deduced the following: 1. a large percentage of children from 4 to 6 do not own their own smartphones (77.9%), but nonetheless they use smartphones on a daily basis (73.4%); 2. there are no differences in children's physical activities in relation to their gender and age; 3. children spend more time on physical activities in their leisure time if they do not have their own smartphones, if they are engaged in an organized sports activity ("recreational schools"), as well as if their parents limit their smartphone use, and 4. children participate more in physical activities in their leisure time if their parents are consistent regarding children's smartphone time management. Recommendations to parents based on our research are that children should be included in free physical activities at the earliest preschool age, and in the structured/programmed ones at a later preschool age, because that is the period most suitable for accepting adequate habits of physical exercise that are carried on into adulthood. In that manner, children will more easily "give up" their passive (sedentary) activities in leisure time, which is usually spent alongside use of smartphone, all with the aim of optimizing the quality of their growing up.

Moppet Care: Remote Child Monitoring System

Smart phones play a major role in our daily life. Today even young children make use of smart phones. This project deals with an innovative method for protecting the young children from misusing smart phones. Child smart phone can be monitored remotely from the parent smart phone using android app. Initially the app should be installed in both child and parent device. Then the parent must create an account in it. After successful registration of parent account, the parent can now activate the monitoring in the child device. This activation in the child device allows the parent to monitor the child device remotely from their own device. Monitoring of the child device includes the details such as call log, message log, app list, web history and location of the child device. Once the monitoring is being activated in the child device it can neither be deactivated nor uninstalled without the parent login password. The parent can have complete control on their children by monitoring their child device remotely and restricting them from misusing their smart phone.

The Effect of Young Children's Smartphone Usage on Sociality -Self-control mediating effect-

The Effect of Young Children's Smartphone Usage on Sociality -Self-control mediating effect-

Impacts of Parenting Attitudes Perceived by on Children's Smartphone Dependency: Based on Meditation Effect of Aggression and Social Withdrawal

Impacts of Parenting Attitudes Perceived by on Children's Smartphone Dependency: Based on Meditation Effect of Aggression and Social Withdrawal

Fighting over smartphones? Parents' excessive smartphone use, lack of control over children's use, and conflict

Parental regulation of children's smartphone use is typically associated with conflict. To explain conflict, this paper focused on parents' own smartphone use. A panel survey among parent-child pairs (NTme2 = 384) revealed that parents' excessive smartphone use at Time 1 was associated with a lack of control over children's smartphone use at Time 2. Lack of control over children's smartphone use, in turn, was related to conflict about the smartphone from children's and parents' perspectives over time. The relations with conflict were independent of whether parents thought that smartphones have negative effects on children. Overall, findings stress that both, children's and parents' smartphone use, need to be considered when explaining technology-related family conflicts.

Effects of mother's play participation on young children's smartphone overdependence: focusing on mediating effects of family strength

Effects of mother's play participation on young children's smartphone overdependence: focusing on mediating effects of family strength

어머니의 양육태도와 놀이참여도가 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입에 미치는 영향

어머니의 양육태도와 놀이참여도가 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입에 미치는 영향

Penerapan Aplikasi Parental Control Screen Time dalam Penggunaan Smartphone bagi Anak-anak

Smartphones today has become a necessity, including for children. Today, many children are used to using smartphones. Children often play games, watch youtube, enjoy chatting in social media and use Google for information search. This can be a good step so that children easily adapt to technology but can also have a negative impact. Parents must be vigilant if they see children often playing smartphones. It is important for parents to be able to control and supervise the use of children's smartphones. One solution is to use the Parental Control application. This smartphone child application can be set which applications are permitted and restrictions on playing time can be controlled. This is very good for healthy internet use among children. Screen Time is a parental control application that is useful for selecting, limiting, and supervising children's smartphone usage. This application has many features of control, supervision, scheduling and giving additional rewards for playing time if the child is doing a good assignment. By using these apps children can be set to play smartphones according to family need .

Investigating the impacts of family restriction strategy on Chinese children's smartphone use behaviors

ABSTRACTThis study explores the attitudes, restriction strategies of parents toward children's smartphone use behaviors and their influencing factors in Chinese culture. Through the qualitative analysis from fifteen Chinese parents, the results show that Chinese family strategies with diversified restrictions are significantly influenced by children's behaviors and social environments. The findings of this study pave way for future large‐scale quantitative studies.

Impact of Young Children's Smartphone Use and the Mediating Effects of Self-control on School Readiness

Impact of Young Children's Smartphone Use and the Mediating Effects of Self-control on School Readiness

유아의 스마트폰 과의존, 유아의 공격성, 어머니의 양육스트레스, 어머니의 스마트폰 중독경향성의 구조적 관계 분석

유아의 스마트폰 과의존, 유아의 공격성, 어머니의 양육스트레스, 어머니의 스마트폰 중독경향성의 구조적 관계 분석

Social implications of children's smartphone addiction: The role of support networks and social engagement.

Background and aimsMost studies have regarded smartphone addiction as a condition stemming from individuals’ psychological issues, so research has rarely examined it in relation to a lack of social resources and its social impacts. However, this study reinterprets smartphone addiction as a social problem stemming from a lack of offline social networks and resulting in a decline of social engagement.MethodsThis study drew on a survey of 2,000 children in Korea consisting of 991 males and 1,009 females with an average age of 12 years old. Using the STATA 14 structural equation modeling program, this study examined the relationships between children’s lack of social networks, smartphone addiction, and social engagement.ResultsSocial network variables, such as formal organizational membership, quality of relationship with parents, size of the peer group, and peer support, decrease smartphone addiction. Simply having good relationships and reciprocal feelings with peers do not have any influence on the smartphone addiction. The more the children become addicted to smartphones, the less they participate in social engagement.Discussion and conclusionsThis study provides a new understanding of smartphone addiction by focusing on its social aspects, augmenting prior studies that have addressed psychological factors. Findings suggest that children’s lack of social networks may inhibit comfortable social interactions and feelings of support in the offline environment, which can heighten their desire to escape to smartphones. These children, unlike non-addicts, may not take advantage of the media to enrich their social lives and increase their level of social engagement.

어머니의 스마트폰 의존, 양육효능감, 양육행동과 유아의 스마트폰 의존 간 관계

어머니의 스마트폰 의존, 양육효능감, 양육행동과 유아의 스마트폰 의존 간 관계

Parental Mediation Regarding Children's Smartphone Use: Role of Protection Motivation and Parenting Style.

Parental mediation is a type of behavior that could protect children against the negative uses and effects of smartphones. Based on protection motivation theory, this research (a) predicted parental mediation based on parents' threat and efficacy perceptions and (b) predicted threat and efficacy perceptions based on parenting styles and parents' addiction to smartphone use. An online survey of 448 parents of fourth to sixth graders was conducted. Results showed that both restrictive and active parental mediation were predicted by perceived severity, response efficacy, and self-efficacy. With regard to parenting styles, (a) authoritative parenting was positively related to perceived severity as well as response- and self-efficacy, whereas (b) permissive parenting was negatively related to self-efficacy. In addition, parents' addiction was a negative predictor of perceived severity, but a positive predictor of perceived susceptibility.