Parents' Desire to Change Phone Use: Associations with Objective Smartphone Use and Feelings About Problematic Use and Distraction.
Parents' Desire to Change Phone Use: Associations with Objective Smartphone Use and Feelings About Problematic Use and Distraction.
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父母改变手机使用的愿望:与客观智能手机使用以及对有问题的使用和分心的感受的关联。
DOI:
10.1016/j.chb.2023.107907
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
Drouin,Michelle
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作者:
McDaniel,BrandonT;Pater,Jessica;Cornet,Victor;Mughal,Safia;Reining,Lauren;Schaller,Alexandria;Radesky,Jenny;Drouin,Michelle
We examined objective smartphone use (via a mobile sensing application) and self-reported desire to change phone use among a sample of 268 U.S. parents of infants. Using the Transtheoretical Stages of Change model as a conceptual foundation, we contextualized their attitudes and behaviors and explored how phone use and desire to change relate to perceptions of distraction and problematic phone use around their child. Latent profile analysis of parents' precontemplation, contemplation, and action scores revealed two classes—precontemplators (15%) and contemplators (85%). Contemplators—those considering or desiring change—showed more bedtime phone use and general social networking than precontemplors; however, there were no significant differences between groups on other objective use measures (e.g., total daily duration of phone use, phone use around child, etc.). Contemplators also showed greater perceptions of problematic use around their child and parenting distraction. Moreover, parents’ problematic use and distraction were predictive of higher contemplation scores, even after controlling for demographic and objective phone use variables. Taken together, these results suggest that perceptions of phone use as problematic may be more important than actual phone habits, especially total phone use duration, for desire to change. Suggestions for future research and intervention are provided.