Purpose : This descriptive study was to explore the relation between preschool children and mothers's smartphones use.
Methods : The subject of study were 186 smartphone using mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old in Busan. Data collecti...
Purpose : This descriptive study was to explore the relation between preschool children and mothers's smartphones use.
Methods : The subject of study were 186 smartphone using mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old in Busan. Data collections were carried out on July through September and Nov. 18 through Nov. 22. from 3 nurseries, 4 preschools, and 1 cultural center. A systemized survey with questions about following areas was used to collect data. The question areas were about the characteristic of children in general and smartphone use, and the characteristics of the mother in general, parenting attitude, smartphone use, and subjective attitude on allowing preschool children’s smartphone use. The data were analzyed using by SPSS WIN 18.0 for decriptive statics, χ2-test, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney U test.
Result : Based on general characteristic of preschool children’s smartphone use, the preschool children’s smarphone use didn’t show significant difference. But the children’s smartphone usage time per day showed significant difference.(χ2=21.75, p=<.001). The mother’s smartphone usage time per day showed significant relationship with the preschool children’s smartphone use(χ2=9.40, p=.014). Compared to other mothers, the mother’s subjective attitude on the rate of allowing preschool children’s smartphone use showed significant relevance, too(χ2=10.52, p=.005).
Conclusion : Preschool children's smartphone using was related children's daily use time, mother's daily use time and allowance about children's smartphone using comparing with the other parent. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize the importance of the mother’s role and her measure on preventing excessive smartphone use and promoting proper smartphone use of preschool children.