Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PhD Student in Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 Full Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.
4 دانشیار روانشناسی تربیتی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه شهید چمران، اهواز، ایران
Abstract
The widespread distribution of smartphones has created new challenges regarding the psychological consequences of their use on social relationships. The term phubbing refers to the act of ignoring someone in a social context due to their smartphone. Phubbing can occur in any social context, including romantic relationships, the workplace, and family. However, in our country, to date, not the slightest attention has been paid to the possible effects of parental phubbing on children. To fill this gap, this article introduces a new scale that measures children's perceptions of parental phubbing. The research population included all ninth-grade students in Yazd in the academic year 2024-2025, of which 582 students were selected using multistage cluster random sampling. Participants responded to the Parental Phubbing Scale (Ding et al., 2020), the Loneliness Questionnaire (Russell, 1996), and the Feelings of Rejection Questionnaire (Job, 2003). Analyses were conducted in several stages, including item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, content, convergent and predictive validity, and reliability calculation. The results of item analysis showed that all items were sufficiently reliable. Exploratory factor analysis showed that both forms of this scale were single-factor. Confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the single-factor structure of this scale. Content, convergent, predictive, and reliability validity of both parent and child forms were also adequate. Therefore, the parental phubbing scale in the Iranian adolescent community has appropriate reliability and validity and can be used as a valid tool to measure adolescents' perceptions of parental phubbing.
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