Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment

Nimet Nilgün Yıldırım; Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan

doi:10.54535/rep.1816503

Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of attachment styles in the relationship between adolescents' perceived parental phubbing and their emotional autonomy. The study employed a correlational model, one of the quantitative research methods. A total of 523 high school students participated in the study, of whom 375 were female (71.6%) and 149 (28.4%) were male. Data were collected using the Perceived Parental Phubbing Scale, the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory II - Middle Childhood Version, and the Emotional Autonomy Scale. Hypotheses were formulated based on theoretical information, the data were analyzed, and then a structural equation model was created and tested. According to the results of the mediation model, while there is a strong negative direct effect between perceived parental phubbing and emotional autonomy, this effect decreased but remained significant when the variables of anxious and avoidant attachment were included in the model. Thus, it was concluded that attachment styles have a partial mediating effect. The findings were discussed in the light of the literature, and various recommendations were presented.

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Family Counseling, Family Psychology

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Nimet Nilgün Yıldırım
Türkiye

Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan ^*
0000-0002-3516-4895
Türkiye

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December 30, 2025

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Yıldırım, N. N., & Özteke Kozan, H. İ. (2025). Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment. Research on Education and Psychology, 9(2), 572-592. https://doi.org/10.54535/rep.1816503

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1.Yıldırım NN, Özteke Kozan Hİ. Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment. Research on Education and Psychology. 2025;9(2):572-592. doi:10.54535/rep.1816503

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Yıldırım, Nimet Nilgün, and Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan. 2025. “Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment”. Research on Education and Psychology 9 (2): 572-92. https://doi.org/10.54535/rep.1816503.

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Yıldırım NN, Özteke Kozan Hİ (December 1, 2025) Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment. Research on Education and Psychology 9 2 572–592.

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[1]N. N. Yıldırım and H. İ. Özteke Kozan, “Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment”, Research on Education and Psychology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 572–592, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.54535/rep.1816503.

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Yıldırım, Nimet Nilgün - Özteke Kozan, Hatice İrem. “Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment”. Research on Education and Psychology 9/2 (December 1, 2025): 572-592. https://doi.org/10.54535/rep.1816503.

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1.Yıldırım NN, Özteke Kozan Hİ. Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment. Research on Education and Psychology. 2025;9:572–592.

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Yıldırım, Nimet Nilgün, and Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan. “Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment”. Research on Education and Psychology, vol. 9, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 572-9, doi:10.54535/rep.1816503.

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1.Nimet Nilgün Yıldırım, Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan. Lost in Screens, Lost in Bonding: How Parental Phubbing Shapes Adolescent Emotional Autonomy through Attachment. Research on Education and Psychology. 2025 Dec. 1;9(2):572-9. doi:10.54535/rep.1816503