Digital Dependency: How Parenting and Social Intelligence Shape Internet Addiction

Ugwu, Lawrence E. and Erhabor, S. Idemudia and Maria-Chidi, C. Onyedibe and Eze, Adaobi and Ntasiobi, C.N Igu and Ogbozor, Pamela and Chinawa, Francis Chukwuemeka (2023) Digital Dependency: How Parenting and Social Intelligence Shape Internet Addiction. Hindawi Journal of Addiction. p. 17.

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Abstract

Te global pandemic forced young adults and their parents to be together. Tis situation has equally exposed the weaknesses in the child-parent relationship. Tis study aimed to investigate the role of social intelligence in the relationship between parenting style and Internet addiction during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Seven hundred and seventy-four were sampled from a public university in southeast Nigeria. Tey comprised 373 females and 401 males aged 17–28 years, with a mean age of 21.61. Te students responded to validated measures of parenting style inventory-II, the Tromsø social intelligence scale, and Young’s Internet addiction test. Te moderated multiple regression analysis results indicated that permissive parenting and social intelligence signifcantly predicted Internet addiction. Social intelligence moderated the relationship between authoritarian parenting style and Internet addiction. Te moderation was that Internet addiction is signifcantly higher for individuals with low social intelligence and authoritarian parenting style than individuals with low social intelligence and higher authoritarian parenting style. Some implications of the fndings include engaging parenting styles to encourage more physical interactions and enabling an environment for growth. Also, adopting techniques to increase social intelligence will help students adjust to any parenting style that may infuence their psychological well-being

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2025 00:31
Last Modified: 19 Aug 2025 00:31
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5074

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