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<p>With the deep integration of digital media into family environments, problematic media use (PMU) among children has become increasingly prevalent. Parental work-family conflict (WF-C) serves as a prominent antecedent of this issue; nevertheless, extant research remains devoid of a systematic comprehension regarding the mediating functions of parental psychological distress (PD) and media emotion regulation (MER), alongside the moderating influence of parent-child interaction quality (P-CIQ). This study surveyed 629 parents of preschool children in Shaanxi Province, China. The results indicated that: (1) Parental WF-C serves as a predictor of children’s PMU; (2) Parental WF-C exerted an indirect impact on children’s PMU by way of a sequential mediation route that incorporated parental PD and MER; (3) Despite not moderating the WF-C and PD link, P-CIQ significantly reduced the effect of parental PD on children’s PMU; (4) Furthermore, P-CIQ alleviated the indirect impact that WF-C, mediated by MER, had on children’s PMU. This study elucidates the mechanisms of distal family factors on children’s PMU and underscores the protective role of P-CIQ. These findings offer empirical support for developing targeted interventions.</p>

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The Multiple Mediating Mechanisms Between Parents’ Work-Family Conflict and Children’s Problematic Media Use: The Moderating Role of Parent-Child Interaction Quality

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    2026年6月22日

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  • Shaomei Li,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Kaiyue Bi,
  • Juan Zhou

摘要

With the deep integration of digital media into family environments, problematic media use (PMU) among children has become increasingly prevalent. Parental work-family conflict (WF-C) serves as a prominent antecedent of this issue; nevertheless, extant research remains devoid of a systematic comprehension regarding the mediating functions of parental psychological distress (PD) and media emotion regulation (MER), alongside the moderating influence of parent-child interaction quality (P-CIQ). This study surveyed 629 parents of preschool children in Shaanxi Province, China. The results indicated that: (1) Parental WF-C serves as a predictor of children’s PMU; (2) Parental WF-C exerted an indirect impact on children’s PMU by way of a sequential mediation route that incorporated parental PD and MER; (3) Despite not moderating the WF-C and PD link, P-CIQ significantly reduced the effect of parental PD on children’s PMU; (4) Furthermore, P-CIQ alleviated the indirect impact that WF-C, mediated by MER, had on children’s PMU. This study elucidates the mechanisms of distal family factors on children’s PMU and underscores the protective role of P-CIQ. These findings offer empirical support for developing targeted interventions.