Mobile Device Use and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood

• Asano Ryosuke

  Faculty of Literature, Kurume University

• Uragami Moe

  School of Human Sciences, Sugiyama Jogakuen University

• Tokuda Tomoyo

  Faculty of Literature, Kurume University

• Sonoda Naoko

  Faculty of Literature, Kurume University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 幼少期におけるモバイル端末利用と自己制御の関連

Abstract

Despite public concern regarding mobile device use and children's self-regulation, there is little evidence on this topic in the literature. This study investigated whether smartphone and tablet use was associated with effortful control (EC) in early childhood. In Study 1 (N=183; individuals with a firstborn aged 2–6 years), the Smartphone and Tablet Use Purpose Scale, the Smartphone and Tablet Use Situation Scale, and the Smartphone and Tablet Use Rule Scale were developed and validated. In Study 2 (N=455; married couples with a firstborn aged 2–6 years), the common fate model showed that smartphone and tablet use rule, but not smartphone and tablet use frequency, smartphone and tablet use purpose, and smartphone and tablet use situation, was associated with higher EC, even after controlling for demographic variables. This was true for subgroup analysis based on the child's age.

Journal

• The Japanese Journal of Personality

  The Japanese Journal of Personality 29 (3), 125-136, 2020-12-03

  Japan Society of Personality Psychology

Keywords

• smartphone
• tablet
• self-regulation
• effortful control
• dyadic data analysis

Details

• CRID: 1391130851447030912
• NII Article ID: 130007949952
• DOI: 10.2132/personality.29.3.1
• ISSN: 13496174
• ISSN: 13488406
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/personality/29/3/29_29.3.1/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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