Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2026 Sep 4;17:1934713. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934713

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

Copyright © 2026 Di, Liu, Li and Yao.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

PMC Copyright notice

Conceptual serial mediation diagram showing four variables: parenting stress, parent–child interaction quality, executive function, and preschool children’s screen dependence. Parenting stress is linked directly to parent–child interaction quality, executive function, and screen dependence. Parent–child interaction quality is linked to executive function and screen dependence, while executive function is also linked to screen dependence. The arrows illustrate the hypothesized direct and serial indirect pathways connecting parenting stress with preschool children’s screen dependence. — The hypothesized chain mediation model between parenting stress and preschool children’s screen dependence.