The role of smartphones in adolescent-parent discrepancy in reporting adolescents' internalizing problems.

ABSTRACT: The current study examined how early smartphone ownership impacts parent-child informant discrepancy of youth internalizing problems during the transition to adolescence. We used four waves of longitudinal data (Years 1-4) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD; Baseline N = 11,878; White = 52.0%, Hispanic = 20.3%, Black = 15.0%, Asian = 2.1%, Other = 10.5%; Female = 47.8%). Across the full sample, significant parent-child informant discrepancy, such that parents underestimated child reports, appeared at Year 2 (M _age = 12.0) and increased across the remainder of the study (b = -0.21, SE = .042, p < .001, 95%CI [-.29, -.23]). Further, multi-group models indicated that significant parent-child informant discrepancy emerged

SUBMITTER: Carvalho C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752471 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature