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Validation of a Revised Parental Phubbing Scale for Parents of Young Children in China

Authors :
Juan Li
Yue Jiang
Bowen Xiao
Jingyao Wang
Qing Zhang
Weifang Zhang
Yan Li
Source :
Early Child Development and Care. 2024 194(2):167-182.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

To examine the reliability and validity of revised Parental Phubbing Scale (PPS) and measure the level of parental phubbing, 701 Chinese children aged 3-6 years and their parents were investigated. The results indicated that: (1) the construct validity of the PPS was supported by the best-fit one-factor model; (2) concurrent validity was established by demonstrating that the PPS was positively related to parental smartphone addiction; (3) the PPS was positively correlated with authoritarian parenting style, established the predictive validity; (4) internal reliability was satisfactory. The results also showed that fathers' and mothers' phubbing were at the intermediate level; moreover, phubbing levels were highest among parents aged 31-40. The findings conclude that PPS can be used as a reliable and valid measure to evaluate parents' phubbing and also highlight the need for further research on mothers' and fathers' phubbing.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0300-4430 and 1476-8275
Volume :
194
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Early Child Development and Care
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1414823
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2023.2283693