Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?"
6 hours ago
- #adolescent attachment
- #parent-child relationships
- #technoference
- Adolescents perceive caregiver device use as interfering with attention and relationship quality, associated with insecure attachment.
- The Device Attachment Interference Scale (DAIS) was validated, showing a unidimensional structure and strong internal consistency.
- Higher DAIS scores correlated with greater anxious and avoidant attachment to both mother- and father-like figures.
- Caregiver 'technoference' or 'phubbing' may represent a modern relational risk factor affecting attachment security.
- Study limitations include cross-sectional design, self-report bias, and potential overlap between DAIS items and attachment constructs.