The Effect of Negative Parenting Attitude and Peer Relationships on Children’s Academic Engagement: The Mediating Effects of Smartphone Dependency and Multigroup Analysis between Boys and Girls
AUTHOR : 민미희
INFORMATION : page. 1~22 / 2022 Vol.29 No.3
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effect of negative parenting attitude, peer relationships, and smartphone dependency on children’s academic engagement. For this purpose, a total of 2,399 4th graders(1,193 boys, 1,206 girls) were analyzed using data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018(KCYPS 2018), and a structural equation model was created. In addition multigroup analysis was conducted to determine whether there were gender differences. The results of this study were as follows. First, negative parenting attitude, peer relationships, and smartphone dependency had a significant influence on academic engagement. Second, through smartphone dependency as a mediator, negative parenting attitude and peer relationships influenced academic engagement. Third, gender differences were not found in the structural relations among variables. In conclusion, this study showed that negative parenting attitude, peer relationships, and smartphone dependency was important as a personal factor for children to improve academic engagement. These findings confirmed that parents, peer, and smartphone dependency should be taken into consideration to help elementary school students better adapt to their school life.