J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2023 Mar;32(1):34-44. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2023.32.1.34.

Smartphone Use Guidance Experiences of Parents of Elementary School Students

• Lee Y
• Lee S
• Choi SY

• KMID: 2540817
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2023.32.1.34

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to understand smartphone use guidance experiences of parents elementary school students.
Methods
Qualitative data were collected from 10 parents of elementary school students through individual in-depth interview from January 2022 to February 2022. Collected data were analyzed using the Colaizzi’s phenomenological method.
Results
The following four categories were derived from in-depth interviews: ‘Ambivalence on children's smartphone use’, ‘Limitations of guidance competence’, ‘Strategy for guidance’, and ‘New insights and challenges’.
Conclusion
This study confirmed that parents of elementary school students were experiencing insight and growth in the process of constantly thinking, trying new strategies, and struggling while guiding their children’s smartphone use. Parental education on elementary school students' smartphone use guidance should include comprehensive contents that could check awareness and principles of useful smartphone use and enable effective guidance tailored to the child's developmental characteristics.

Keyword

Child; Parents; Smartphone; Teaching; Qualitative research; 아동, 부모, 스마트폰, 지도, 질적연구