Digital Dependency in Teens: Exploring the Impact of Blue Light and Parenting
The main aim of holding that study is to check that how mobile phone use affects addiction levels in teenagers and how parents' phone habits influence these behaviors. A cross-sectional study was conducted by using purposive sampling to survey 400 parents and their children with a standardized questionnaire containing 36 questions. The reliability of the questionnaire was checked by using Cronbach’s Alpha, which showed a value of 0.698, indicating moderate consistency. Factor analysis revealed four key factors that explained 66.2% of the variance in mobile phone addiction behaviors. By using Confirmatory factor analysis, these factors confirmed. Multinomial logistic regression showed that parental mobile phone addiction has a significant effect on teenage addiction. The results emphasize the complex relationship between parental behavior and teenage mobile phone usage, offering insights for strategies to reduce mobile phone addiction in teenagers.
Institutions
- University of Gujrat (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16145812
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00