How parental mediation affects adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: the chain mediating role of basic psychological needs and positive outcome expectations
Active mediation and basic psychological needs significantly reduced adolescents' problematic smartphone use, whereas parental supervision and positive outcome expectations significantly increased it. These findings provide theoretical insights into the mechanisms of problematic smartphone use and offer practical implications for educational strategies, emphasizing the importance of parents selecting appropriate mediation approaches, fulfilling basic psychological needs, and reducing positive outcome expectations to mitigate adolescents' problematic smartphone use.
Authors
- Qianhong Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-0378)
- Chuanhua Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-1830)
- Yan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5376-8296)
- Yuyan Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3872-7523)
- Qishan Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0979-6151)
- Qingping Hu
- Biying Hu
Institutions
- China Three Gorges University (CN)
- Liaocheng University (CN)
- University of Macau (MO)
- Central China Normal University (CN)
- Henan University of Engineering (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1590057
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.81
Funders
- Central China Normal University
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- National Social Science Fund of China