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The mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction in the relationship between mother-child relationship quality and mobile phone addiction
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Mohammadreza Firouzi    1, Ali Taghvaeinia2 |
1- Yasouj University , m_firoozi46@yahoo.com
2- Yasouj University |
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Abstract: (389 Views) |
Background and aim: Mobile phone addiction is defined as the excessive and compulsive use of mobile phones and is always associated with negative effects on a person's emotional, social and behavioral development. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the quality of mother-child relationships and cell phone addiction with the mediating role of satisfying basic psychological needs.
Methods: The descriptive research method was correlation type. The population of the research was all the students of Yasouj University in the academic year of 2021-02 who used mobile phones. For the sample size, based on Klein's opinion, 15 people were considered for each path. Finally, the sample size was estimated to be 335 people. The coexistence of the corona virus epidemic with the implementation of the questionnaire caused sampling to be done in a targeted way and through virtual networks (whatsApp group). 303 questionnaires were collected by sharing the questionnaires in the WhatsApp groups of university students' classes. In addition to descriptive statistics, PLS software was used to investigate the parent-child relationship and cell phone addiction with the mediating role of basic psychological needs.
Results: The results showed that the standardized regression coefficient of the quality of mother-child relationships and cell phone addiction is -0.25, the regression coefficient of the quality of mother-child relationships and satisfaction of basic psychological needs is 0.46, as well as the regression coefficient of the effect of satisfaction of basic psychological needs on addiction to mobile phone is equal to -0.28. The results showed that 17% of the variance of mobile phone addiction is explained by the quality of mother-child relationships and 21% by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. The indirect effect of mother-child relationship quality on cell phone addiction through the satisfaction of basic psychological needs is 0.13.In addition, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs plays a mediating role in the relationship between parent-child relationships and cell phone addiction.
Conclusion: The present study contributes to our understanding of the possible mechanism of the relationship between mother-child relationships and the tendency to be addicted to mobile phones. Mediation analysis suggests that satisfaction of psychological needs may be an explanatory factor for why negative mother-child relationships can lead to cell phone addiction tendencies in adolescents.
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| Keywords: Quality of mother-child relationships, Mobile phone addiction, Basic psychological needs. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychology
Received: 2023/06/19 | Accepted: 2023/11/13 | Published: 2024/08/3
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