Parental Phubbing and Empathy as the Predictors of Adolescent Phubber Behaviors

The aim of this research is to detect whether adolescent phubber behavior is predicted by parental phubbing and empathy variables and whether it differentiates according to daily phone usage except for online classes, gender, grade level, and training. For this purpose, including 734 girls and 285 boys; a total of 1019 students were selected by convenient sample method from the classes 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade that they were studying in Kestel and Gursu districts of Bursa in the 2020-2021 academic year, constituted the research group. According to the different statistics made within the scope of the research, the total scores of being a general phubber of female students were found to be higher than male students. The average score of being a general phubber of 5th-grade students was found to be lower than other grade levels. The total scores of being a phubber were found to be lower in the participants whose daily phone usage time was 1 hour and 2 hours compared to the participants whose daily phone usage time was 3, 4, and 5 hours. According to the results of the regression analysis, it was determined that the variables of parental phubbing and empathy are important predictors of the phubber behaviors of adolescents and explain 13.5% of the change in adolescent phubber behavior.