Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
Abstract
Objective: The present study aimed to model the causal role of parental neglect in the tendency of adolescents to become addicted to mobile phones through the mediation of personal growth initiative.
Method: The present study is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all male students in the second year of high school in public schools in Karaj in the academic year 2025, of which 300 were selected by cluster random sampling and responded to the scales of mobile phone addiction, personal growth initiative, and parental neglect. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient tests and structural equation modeling using SPSS 25 and Lisrel 8.8 software.
Results: Findings indicated that parental neglect was positively related to mobile phone addiction (β = 0.42), while it was negatively associated with personal growth initiative (β = -0.58). Personal growth initiative also negatively predicted mobile phone addiction (β = -0.59) and significantly mediated the relationship between parental neglect mobile phone addiction
Conclusion: These findings indicate that promoting personal growth initiative can play a protective role against Adolescents tendency to mobile phone addiction and at the same time highlight the importance of parents' attention to their children's needs in preventing this addiction.
Ahmadi, S. (2025). Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative. Journal of Family Relations Studies, (), -. doi: 10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
MLA
Ahmadi, S. . "Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative", Journal of Family Relations Studies, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
HARVARD
Ahmadi, S. (2025). 'Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative', Journal of Family Relations Studies, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
CHICAGO
S. Ahmadi, "Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative," Journal of Family Relations Studies, (2025): -, doi: 10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
VANCOUVER
Ahmadi, S. Causal modeling of the role of parental neglect in the tendency towards Adolescents mobile phone addiction with the mediation of personal growth initiative. Journal of Family Relations Studies, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22098/jfrs.2025.18135.1258
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