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The study investigates how protective digital parenting mediates between digital game addiction and socioemotional development in children.

August 13, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Digital game addiction and social and emotional development in early childhood: the mediating role of protective digital parenting

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Cross-sectional study investigates protective digital parenting's role in socioemotional development amidst digital game addiction.

The study investigates how protective digital parenting mediates between digital game addiction and socioemotional development in children.
Cross-sectional design involving 478 mothers with average age 34.70 years.
Data analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with bootstrapping in IBM AMOS.
Digital game addiction negatively impacts children's communication/social performance and emotional stability.
Protective digital parenting positively correlates with better socioemotional outcomes.
Protective digital parenting mediates the relationship between digital game addiction and socio-emotional functioning, though the effect is small.

Polat et al. (2026) studied this question.

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