An Investigation into the Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Parent-Child Dynamics of Secondary Education Learner

This study examines the correlation between Smart -phone addition and the Parent-child relationshipamong of Secondary education students with the increasing prevalence of Smartphone usage Concernshave emerged regarding its Potential impact on familial bonds and communication patterns. In thisresearch, we used a quantitative correlational design to explore the relationship between the level ofsmartphone addiction and the quality of parent-child interactions. It concluded that there is nosignificant correlation between smartphone addiction and parent-child interactions, which led to thenull hypothesis being accepted. This Suggests that smart-phone addiction does not directly affect thequality of Parent- child relationships within the sample Population. The Descriptive Survey researchmethod is used in the Present study. This research method is most and widely used research design ineducation. Data is collected using Simple Random Sampling. The following tools have been used tocollect the data for the study, “Parents-child relationship scale” (PCRS) by Late Nalini Rao and“Smart-phone Addiction scale (SAS)” by Dr. Vijay Shree and Dr. Mousad Ansari. The studyhighlights the importance of further research to understand other factors influencing Parent-childdynamics in the digital age recommendations include fostering healthy technology use and promotingopen communication within families. The present study has been confined to students of Deoband,Saharanpur, District of Uttar Pradesh, India. For this reason, data from N=100 students is taken fromdifferent school in Deoband, Saharanpur, District of Uttar Pradesh, India.