Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents

Wade-Bohleber, Laura Maria; Braune-Krickau, Katrin; Schneebeli, Larissa; Gemperle, Michael; Haechler, Ramona; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica; von Wyl, Agnes

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents
Authors:	Wade-Bohleber, Laura Maria Braune-Krickau, Katrin Schneebeli, Larissa Gemperle, Michael Haechler, Ramona Pehlke-Milde, Jessica von Wyl, Agnes
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127
Published in:	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume(Issue):	154
Issue:	108127
Issue Date:	1-Feb-2024
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0747-5632
Language:	German
Subjects:	Smartphone use; Postnatal; Infant temperament; Impulsivity; Anxiety; Depression; Linear mixed model
Subject (DDC):	302.23: Media 306.8: Family sociology
Abstract:	Becoming a parent is a complex life transition involving many adaptations in psychological functioning. To date, we know little about how couples use smartphones during their transition to parenthood. This study examined changes in different aspects of parental smartphone use and associations with specific parental and infant characteristics in the perinatal period. Ninety-five first-time parents completed questionnaires at three time points: during the last trimester of pregnancy, at 1.5–2 months, and at 3–4 months after birth. We assessed parents’ daily smartphone usage time, feelings of immersion during smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and interruptions in social interactions caused by smartphone use. Linear mixed models served to test changes in smartphone use and associations with parental impulsivity, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and with infant temperament. Whereas parents’ daily smartphone usage time remained similar, feelings of immersion during smartphone use decreased over the perinatal period. After birth, higher levels of parental impulsivity and anxiety as well as a more difficult infant temperament predicted higher levels of smartphone addiction. A more difficult infant temperament was associated with higher levels of immersion during smartphone use. Our study provides, for the first time, systematic and longitudinal evidence on parental smartphone use during the perinatal period. Results suggest that more impulsive and anxious parents and parents with infants who are experienced as more difficult are at risk for more problematic smartphone use during this life transition.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29855
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health (IHG) Psychological Institute (PI)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Smartphone-Nutzung werdender Eltern
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Wade-Bohleber, L. M., Braune-Krickau, K., Schneebeli, L., Gemperle, M., Haechler, R., Pehlke-Milde, J., & von Wyl, A. (2024). Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents. Computers in Human Behavior, 154(108127). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127

Wade-Bohleber, L.M. et al. (2024) ‘Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents’, Computers in Human Behavior, 154(108127). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127.

L. M. Wade-Bohleber et al., “Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents,” Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 154, no. 108127, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127.

WADE-BOHLEBER, Laura Maria, Katrin BRAUNE-KRICKAU, Larissa SCHNEEBELI, Michael GEMPERLE, Ramona HAECHLER, Jessica PEHLKE-MILDE und Agnes VON WYL, 2024. Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents. Computers in Human Behavior. 1 Februar 2024. Bd. 154, Nr. 108127. DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127

Wade-Bohleber, Laura Maria, Katrin Braune-Krickau, Larissa Schneebeli, Michael Gemperle, Ramona Haechler, Jessica Pehlke-Milde, and Agnes von Wyl. 2024. “Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents.” Computers in Human Behavior 154 (108127). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127.

Wade-Bohleber, Laura Maria, et al. “Smartphone use during the perinatal period : findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents.” Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 154, no. 108127, Feb. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108127.