The Impact of Postpartum Depression and Marital Conflict on Smartphone Overdependence among Couples: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Dyadic Study Using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model.

Purpose: This study investigated the interrelationships among postpartum depression, marital conflict, and smartphone overdependence within the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) framework. Methods: This study employed a secondary cross-sectional design using dyadic data from the...

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Publicado en:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing (JKPMHN) Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 524 - 534
Autores principales: Chu, Hyeon Sik, Shim, Ji Yeon
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Publicado: Korean Academy of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Dec2025
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        atl: The Impact of Postpartum Depression and Marital Conflict on Smartphone Overdependence among Couples: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Dyadic Study Using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model.
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          Chu, Hyeon Sik
          Shim, Ji Yeon
        affil: Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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          Spouses Psychosocial Factors
          Depression, Postpartum Complications
          Family Conflict
          Smartphone
          Technology Addiction
          Models, Psychological
          Human
          South Korea
          Female
          Male
          Child
          Adult
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          One-Way Analysis of Variance
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          Confidence Intervals
          Summated Rating Scaling
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          Chi Square Test
          Emotional Regulation
          Coping
          Support, Psychosocial
          Parenting
          Infant Development
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Female
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      ab: Purpose: This study investigated the interrelationships among postpartum depression, marital conflict, and smartphone overdependence within the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) framework. Methods: This study employed a secondary cross-sectional design using dyadic data from the first wave of the 2022 Korean Early Childhood Education and Care Panel Study. The sample included 925 married couples raising their first child in the early postpartum period. The APIMeM was analyzed with AMOS version 23.0, utilizing 10,000 bootstrap resamples to evaluate actor and partner effects and the mediating role of marital conflict. Results: Postpartum depression significantly predicted marital conflict, which partially mediated its impact on smartphone overdependence. Only actor effects were statistically significant, indicating that each partner's depressive symptoms affected their own marital conflict and smartphone overdependence. Despite mixed fit indices, the APIMeM was considered interpretable given the constrained structure of dyadic mediation models, accounting for 8.5% of the variance in husbands' smartphone overdependence and 10.5% in wives. Conclusion: Interventions targeting postpartum depression during the early postpartum period may help reduce smartphone overdependence by enhancing individual emotional regulation, with dyadic coping and relationship quality serving a complementary role to support healthy parenting and infant development.
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