TY - JOUR TI - The Meanings Assigned to the Mobile Device by Parents of Young Children in the Me-child-mobile Device Interaction – an Exploratory Study AU - Gołuńska, Katarzyna AU - Miotk-Mrozowska, Magdalena TI - The Meanings Assigned to the Mobile Device by Parents of Young Children in the Me-child-mobile Device Interaction – an Exploratory Study AB - Referring to psychological concepts of child development inspired by the achievements of Lev S. Vygotsky (1971, 2002, 2006) and John Bowlby (2007), the authors formed a procedural model of sensitive teaching. The sensitive teaching model was referenced to experiences with mobile devices reported by families with young children. The presented study explores the meanings assigned by the caregivers to mobile devices in the parent–child–mobile device interaction. The qualitative content analysis of 97 self-narration resulted in seven categories of meaning: (1) educator, (2) amusement, (3) risk, (4) distractor and inhibitor, (5) replacement, (6) regulator of emotions, (7) biological control. VL - 2017 IS - Volume 22, Issue 2 PY - 2017 SN - 1895-6297 C1 - 2084-3879 SP - 87 EP - 110 DO - 10.4467/20843879PR.17.012.7044 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/psychologia-rozwojowa/article/znaczenia-nadawane-urzadzeniu-dotykowemu-przez-rodzicow-malych-dzieci-w-interakcji-ja-dziecko-urzadzenie-mobilne-badanie-eksploracyjne KW - sensitive teaching KW - parental sensitivity KW - mobile devices KW - early childhood KW - qualitative content analysis