tension spent more time on screen-based activities and had a greater chance of turning to these devices for relaxation.
Most people have witnessed a family member, colleague or friend go berserk when either their mobile device stops functioning or they lose the tablet which they were engaging in a captivating and heavily time-consuming game. Zhang stated that in addition to children, parents engage in digital media for a variety of reasons, which impacts their children. In addition, the study demonstrated that parents or caregivers who consumed digital media for relaxation showed a link to negative parenting such as nagging and yelling, which was greater when technology interrupted family interactions.
Across the world particularly in countries where lockdowns were imposed the consumption of on-line videos, social media interactions and other digital engagements rapidly increased due to the lack of options.
Dillon Browne, Canada Research Chair in Child and Family Clinical Psychology and professor of psychology who co-authored the study predicts the pattern to continue further emphasized the need to monitor these effects as there related to both well-being and distress. The researchers plan to further advance the study with to provide a design for caregivers to better manage their screen-based behavior’s.
