AUTHOR=Xiao Xiaofang , Zheng Xifu 

TITLE=The Effect of Parental Phubbing on Depression in Chinese Junior High School Students: The Mediating Roles of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Self-Esteem

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.868354

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.868354

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>To reveal the relationship between parental phubbing, basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-esteem, and depression and to explore the impact of parental phubbing on depression.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A total of 819 junior high school students responded to the parental phubbing scale, basic psychological needs satisfaction scale, self-esteem scale, and depression scale in combination.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>(1) Parental phubbing was significantly correlated with satisfaction of basic psychological needs, self-esteem, and depression. (2) Parental phubbing can not only be used to directly predict depression in junior middle school students but also has an indirect impact on depression through three pathways: a separate mediating effect on basic psychological needs satisfaction, a separate mediating effect on self-esteem and a chain mediating effect on both.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Parental phubbing is a risk factor for depression, which can negatively affect the mental health of junior high school students.</p></sec>