TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT

Bodrožić Selak, Matea; Merkaš, Marina; Žulec Ivanković, Ana

doi:10.25234/dosd/38182

Child and Family in Contemporary Society, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2025.

Review article

TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT

Matea Bodrožić Selak orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-3631 ; Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Sveučilišni odjel za psihologiju, Ilica 244, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marina Merkaš orcid.org/0000-0003-1769-7273 ; Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Sveučilišni odjel za psihologiju, Ilica 244, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Žulec Ivanković orcid.org/0000-0001-9609-7131 ; Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Sveučilišni odjel za psihologiju, Ilica 244, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska

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Bodrožić Selak, M., Merkaš, M. & Žulec Ivanković, A. (2025). TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT. Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, 2 (2), 107-142. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182

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Bodrožić Selak, Matea, et al. "TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT." Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, vol. 2, no. 2, 2025, pp. 107-142. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Bodrožić Selak, Matea, Marina Merkaš and Ana Žulec Ivanković. "TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT." Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu 2, no. 2 (2025): 107-142. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182

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Bodrožić Selak, M., Merkaš, M., and Žulec Ivanković, A. (2025). 'TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT', Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, 2(2), pp. 107-142. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182

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Bodrožić Selak M, Merkaš M, Žulec Ivanković A. TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT. Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 July 11];2(2):107-142. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182

IEEE

M. Bodrožić Selak, M. Merkaš and A. Žulec Ivanković, "TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERRUPTIONS IN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT", Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, vol.2, no. 2, pp. 107-142, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/38182

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review is to clarify how technology-based interruptions in parent-child interactions resulting from parents’ smartphone use are termed, defined, and measured in the literature. For the review, predefined search strings were applied across six databases (APA PsycInfo, Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Google Scholar). The review protocol was pre-registered in PROSPERO. Study screening was conducted in ASReview. Study quality was appraised with the MMAT (2018). Following systematic evaluations, 105 studies were included in the review and categorized into three broad groups: smartphone use (n = 27), technoference (n = 40), and phubbing (n = 38). The findings indicate inconsistency in this field, with overlapping constructs and measurement approaches that lack consistent definitions. This review, clarifies the definitions of the concepts smartphone use, technoference, and phubbing, and examines their operational definitions and measurement instruments. The results suggest that smartphone use should be conceptualized as a broad behavioral construct, technoference as a brief, externally induced interruption, and phubbing as a longer and intentional act of smartphone use during social interactions. Finally, the main definitions and operationalisations of the constructs on technology-based interruptions due to parents’ smartphone use are discussed and proposed for future research.