Abstract
Phubbing is a social exclusion, which indicates a person being phubbed can feel neglected during a face-to-face conversation. The present study examined how parental phubbing is related to adolescent Internet gaming disorder (IGD), and the role of self-esteem and maladaptive cognition. We recruited 813 Chinese adolescents to participate in the current study. Participants completed measures of parental phubbing, self-esteem, maladaptive cognitions, and IGD. Results indicated that maladaptive cognition mediated the relationship between parental phubbing and IGD. Our studies also found out the sequential mediation effect of self-esteem and maladaptive cognition on the relationship between parental phubbing and IGD. Surprisingly, unlike what was predicted, our findings didn’t support the moderator role of self-esteem. This unanticipated orientation and other results are discussed. The findings contributed to the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of adolescent IGD and its possible association with parental phubbing.
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This study was supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (19YJC190024), National Natural Science Foundation of China (61907006), and Youth Team Foundation of Northeast Normal University “The misinformation spread and management on social media” (No. 1909105).
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Shen, X., Xie, X. & Wu, S. Do adolescents addict to internet games after being phubbed by parents? The roles of maladaptive cognition and self-esteem. Curr Psychol 42, 2255–2267 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03255-z
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