Relationship between Helicopter Parenting and Chinese Elementary School Child Procrastination: A Mediated Moderation Model

The family environment is essential for elementary school children's development. With smartphone penetration into all aspects of people's lives, how parenting affects children's behavior may show new patterns. This study constructed a mediated moderation model, focusing on the mediat...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 22; p. 14892
Main Authors Zhang, Ronghua, Zhang, Huanrong, Guo, Xiaofeng, Wang, Jiali, Zhao, Zhongxiang, Feng, Lean
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 12.11.2022
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Subjects
Addictions
Adult
Aircraft
Anxiety
Behavior
Cellular telephones
Child
Children
Children & youth
China
Elementary school students
Emotions
Families & family life
Female
Helicopter control
Humans
Hypotheses
Influence
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Procrastination
Schools
Self control
Smartphones
System theory
China
parental smartphone use
child self-control
over-parenting
child procrastination
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Summary:The family environment is essential for elementary school children's development. With smartphone penetration into all aspects of people's lives, how parenting affects children's behavior may show new patterns. This study constructed a mediated moderation model, focusing on the mediating role of child self-control and parental phubbing to clarify the relationship between helicopter parenting (over-parenting) and child procrastination and its mechanisms. The Smartphone Addiction Scale for Chinese Adults, Brief Self-Control Scale, Over-Parenting Questionnaire, and Short General Procrastination Scale were employed to investigate 562 elementary school-age children and their parents. After data analysis, this study showed the following: (1) helicopter parenting was significantly and positively related to child self-control, child procrastination, and parental smartphone use; (2) child self-control partially mediated the relationship between helicopter parenting and child procrastination; and (3) pathways between helicopter parenting and child self-control were moderated by mother-phubbing behavior. These findings inform parents of their roles in family education.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph192214892