Parental Psychological Aggression and Phubbing in Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model br

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关键词: PATHOLOGICAL INTERNET USE;    EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR;    ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION;    CHILD MALTREATMENT;    GENDER-DIFFERENCES;    HARSH DISCIPLINE;    ANXIETY;    PHONE;    CONSEQUENCES;    PREVALENCE;   

DOI  :  10.30773/pi.2022.0142

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe present study aimed to examine the mediated moderation effect underlying the association between parental psycho-logical aggression and phubbing, as well as the mediating role of anxiety and moderating role of sex and grade.MethodsBased on a cross-sectional study, a total of 758 Chinese junior high school students had completed measures on socio-demo-graphic characteristics, parental psychological aggression, anxiety and phubbing. Structural equation modeling was adopted to exam-ine the mediating effect of anxiety on the association between parental psychological aggression and phubbing. Multigroup analyses were conducted to explore whether the path coefficients differed by sex and grade.ResultsMediation analysis indicated that anxiety could mediate the association between parental psychological aggression and phub-bing. The indirect effect of parental psychological aggression on phubbing via anxiety was 0.12. Multigroup analyses revealed that the higher mediation effect of anxiety was more likely to be reported by boys and students from grade eight.ConclusionFindings of the present study may inform prevention and intervention programs for phubbing in adolescents exposed to parental psychological aggression, by decreasing the anxiety and adopting selective strategies for different sex and grade groups