“Just a second, mommy’s here”: the impact of mothers’ smartphone use on children’s affect regulation and the quality of mother–child interactions

IntroductionThe ubiquity of smartphone devices in our everyday lives has been widely recognized as a potential challenge to the quality of parent–child interactions. The aim of this study was to experimentally examine the effects of mothers’ smartphone use on their children’s affect regulation and o...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Aleksandra Mikić, Sarah Bergmann, Georgina Perejoan Martí, Annette M. Klein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	mother–infant interaction infant affect regulation emotional availability maternal responsiveness smartphone use technoference
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596219/full