Overstimulated Consumers or Next-Generation Learners? Parent Tensions About Child Mobile Technology Use
Overstimulated Consumers or Next-Generation Learners? Parent Tensions About Child Mobile Technology Use
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10.1370/afm.1976
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发表时间：
2016-11-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Silverstein, Michael
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作者：
Radesky, Jenny S.;Eisenberg, Staci;Silverstein, Michael
移动的技术无处不在，但其对家庭生活的影响尚未在科学文献或临床实践指南中得到彻底解决。我们的目的是了解父母的意见，移动的技术使用的幼儿，年龄在0至8岁，包括感知的好处，关注，和影响家庭互动，与通知儿科guidelines.METHODS的目标，我们进行了35个深入的，半结构化的小组和个人访谈，讲英语的照顾者的不同种族背景，教育水平和就业状况。结果被试包括22名母亲、9名父亲和4名祖母; 31.4%是单亲父母，42.9%是非白人种族或民族，40.0%完成高中或更低。参与者一致表示对孩子使用移动的技术高度紧张，从中出现了几个主题：（1）对儿童的影响-害怕错过教育益处vs.担心对思维和想象力的负面影响;（2）控制点-希望以有益的方式使用数字设备vs.感觉快速发展的技术超出了他们的控制范围（在低收入照顾者中更常见的紧张关系）;（3）家庭压力--压力家庭使用设备的必要性（例如，控制孩子的行为或作为一种廉价的学习/娱乐工具）结论幼儿的照顾者描述了许多关于使用移动的技术的新概念，提出了当前预期指导未解决的问题。如果考虑到父母的不确定性、控制点和家庭中移动的设备的功能使用，指导可能会更有效地实施。
PURPOSE Mobile technology is ubiquitous, but its impact on family life has not been thoroughly addressed in the scientific literature or in clinical practice guidelines. We aimed to understand parents' views regarding mobile technology use by young children, aged 0 to 8 years, including perceived benefits, concerns, and effects on family interactions, with the goal of informing pediatric guidelines.METHODS We conducted 35 in-depth, semistructured group and individual interviews with English-speaking caregivers of diverse ethnic backgrounds, educational levels, and employment statuses. After thematic saturation, results were validated through expert triangulation and member checking.RESULTS Participants included 22 mothers, 9 fathers, and 4 grandmothers; 31.4% were single parents, 42.9% were of nonwhite race or ethnicity, and 40.0% completed high school or less. Participants consistently expressed a high degree of tension regarding their child's mobile technology use, from which several themes emerged: (1) effects on the child-fear of missing out on educational benefits vs concerns about negative effects on thinking and imagination; (2) locus of control-wanting to use digital devices in beneficial ways vs feeling that rapidly evolving technologies are beyond their control (a tension more common in low-income caregivers); and (3) family stress-the necessity of device use in stressed families (eg, to control a child's behavior or as an inexpensive learning/entertainment tool) vs its displacement of family time.CONCLUSIONS Caregivers of young children describe many novel concepts regarding use of mobile technology, raising issues not addressed by current anticipatory guidance. Guidance may be more effectively implemented if it takes into account parents' uncertainties, locus of control, and functional uses of mobile devices in families.