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Chinese adolescents’ problematic cellphone use: Exploring the implications of configuration profiles of cellphone-specific parenting behaviors
Zhou, Nan1; Liang, Yue2; Cao, Hongjian3; Song, Kunru4,5; Chen, Yu6; Hao, Ruining7; Zhang, Jintao4,5
2022-12-01
Source PublicationComputers in Human Behavior
ABS Journal Level2
ISSN0747-5632
Volume137Pages:107408
Abstract

Parenting behaviors play critical roles in the etiology of adolescents' problematic cellphone use (PCU). However, research on the associations between cellphone-specific parenting behaviors and adolescents' PCU still remains sparse. Moreover, the extant few studies have been over-reliant on variable-centered approaches, which fall short of adequately revealing the heterogeneity within the configurations of parenting behaviors and their implications for adolescents' PCU. Utilizing latent profile analyses with survey data from a nationwide representative sample of 8261 Chinese parent–adolescent dyads (M = 12.86, SD = 1.75; 42.8% females), this study examined the configuration patterns of various cellphone-specific parenting behaviors and their relations with adolescents' PCU. Seven distinct profiles were identified: the “Ambivalent-Overcontrolling” (AMBO) profile, “Ambivalent-Controlling” (AMBC), “Ambivalent-Knowledgeable” (AMBK), “Acquaintance Monitoring” (AM), “Hands-on-Authoritative” (HAUTHE), “Allround-Authoritative” (AAUTHE), and “Authoritarian” (AUTHN). Adolescents in the “HAUTHE” group reported significantly lower levels of PCU than did those in the “AMBK” and “AAUTHE” groups, followed by the “AMBO,” “AMBC,” “AM,” and “AUTHN” groups. Such results highlighted the utility of person-centered approaches in more fully revealing the underexplored heterogeneity in the configural patterning of cellphone-specific parenting behaviors and its implications for adolescents' PCU. Our findings also have practical insights. It is important to train parents with a variety of cellphone-specific parenting strategies and also educate them about the more adaptive combinations of such strategies in preventing and reducing adolescents' PCU. To tailor interventions to satisfy different families’ unique needs, practitioners should attend to the variability in the configuration patterns of cellphone-specific parenting strategies across families.

KeywordCellphone Use Chinese Adolescents Latent Profile Analysis Parenting Behaviors
DOI10.1016/j.chb.2022.107408
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Indexed BySSCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaPsychology
WOS SubjectPsychology, Multidisciplinary ; Psychology, Experimental
WOS IDWOS:000874367000006
PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85135391540
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Education
Corresponding AuthorCao, Hongjian; Zhang, Jintao
Affiliation1.Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macao Special Administrative Region of China
2.School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, China
3.Applied Psychology Program, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
4.State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
5.IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
6.Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China
7.Beijing Jingshan School, Beijing, China
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Education
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Zhou, Nan,Liang, Yue,Cao, Hongjian,et al. Chinese adolescents’ problematic cellphone use: Exploring the implications of configuration profiles of cellphone-specific parenting behaviors[J]. Computers in Human Behavior, 2022, 137, 107408.
APA Zhou, Nan., Liang, Yue., Cao, Hongjian., Song, Kunru., Chen, Yu., Hao, Ruining., & Zhang, Jintao (2022). Chinese adolescents’ problematic cellphone use: Exploring the implications of configuration profiles of cellphone-specific parenting behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior, 137, 107408.
MLA Zhou, Nan,et al."Chinese adolescents’ problematic cellphone use: Exploring the implications of configuration profiles of cellphone-specific parenting behaviors".Computers in Human Behavior 137(2022):107408.
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