Relationship Between the Quality of the Child-Parent Relationship and Conflicts About Smartphone Use Between Children and Parents: a Role Some Characteristics of Children’s Smartphone Use

S obzirom na veliku prisutnost i često korištenje pametnih telefona kod djece, a vrlo mali broj istraživanja utjecaja korištenja pametnih telefona na sukobe i kvalitetu odnosa dijete-roditelj, svrha ovog istraživanja je ispitati povezanost kvalitete odnosa dijete-roditelj sa sukobima oko korištenja pametnog telefona između djece i roditelja. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 281 učenika, od čega je 168 djevojčica. Za mjerenje vremena koje dijete provede koristeći pametni telefon, za mjerenje sukoba u odnosu dijete-roditelj te za mjerenje sociodemografskih obilježja koristile su se mjere konstruirane za potrebe HRZZ projekta „Digitalna tehnologija u obitelji: obrasci ponašanja i učinci na razvoj djece“ u okviru kojeg je i nastao ovaj rad. Za mjerenje rizika za ovisnost o pametnom telefonu korištena je Skala ovisnosti o pametnom telefonu (Kwon i sur., 2013). Za mjerenje kvalitete odnosa dijete-roditelj korištena je Skala odnosa dijete-roditelj (Hair i sur., 2005). Ovim istraživanjem je potvrđena pozitivna povezanost vremena dječjeg korištenja pametnog telefona i rizika za ovisnost o pametnom telefonu kod djece. Potvrđena je i pozitivna povezanost rizika za ovisnost o pametnom telefonu sa sukobima oko korištenja pametnog telefona između djece i roditelja, ali nije potvrđena povezanost vremena korištenja i sukoba oko korištenja. Potvrđena je negativna povezanost rizika za ovisnost s identifikacijom s roditeljima i roditeljskom podrškom, ali nije potvrđena povezanost vremena korištenja s identifikacijom s roditeljima i roditeljskom podrškom. Potvrđena je negativna povezanost identifikacije s roditeljima i roditeljske podrške sa sukobima oko korištenja između djece i roditelja. Potvrđeno je postojanje izravnog i statistički značajnog doprinosa identifikacije s roditeljima i roditeljske podrške objašnjenju sukoba u odnosu dijete-roditelj oko korištenja pametnog telefona. Rezultati regresijskih analiza pokazali su postojanje neizravnog i značajnog doprinosa identifikacije s roditeljima i roditeljske podrške kroz rizik za ovisnost o pametnom telefonu, ali ne i kroz vrijeme korištenja pametnog telefona, objašnjenju sukoba u odnosu dijete-roditelj oko korištenja pametnog telefona.Considering the large prevalence and frequent use of smartphones among children and the very small number of studies on the impact of smartphone use on conflicts and the quality of child-parent relationships, the purpose of this research is to examine the connection between the quality of child-parent relationships and conflicts over the use of smartphones between children and parents. 281 students participated in the research, of which 168 were girls and 113 were boys. To measure the time a child spends using a smartphone, to measure conflict in the child-parent relationship, and to measure sociodemographic characteristics, measures constructed for the needs of the HRZZ project "Digital technology in the family: patterns of behaviour and effects on child development" were used in this work. The Smartphone Addiction Scale (Kwon et al., 2013) was used to measure smartphone addiction risk. The Child-Parent Relationship Scale (Hair et al., 2005) was used to measure the quality of the child-parent relationship. This research confirmed the positive association between children's smartphone use time and the risk of smartphone addiction in children. A positive association of the risk of smartphone addiction with conflicts over smartphone use between children and parents was also confirmed, but the connection between the time of use and conflicts over use was not confirmed. The negative association of risk for addiction with identification with parents and parental support was confirmed, but the association of time of use with identification with parents and parental support was not confirmed. The negative association of identification with parents and parental support with conflicts about use between children and parents was confirmed. The existence of a direct and statistically significant contribution of identification with parents and parental support to the explanation of conflict in the child-parent relationship regarding smartphone use was confirmed. The results of the regression analyzes showed the existence of an indirect and significant contribution of identification with parents and parental support through the risk of smartphone addiction, but not through the time of smartphone use, to the explanation of conflict in the child-parent relationship regarding smartphone use