FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AND SMARTPHONE ADDICTION: DOES IT AFFECT CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT?

Abstract

An effort to increase early childhood emotional development cannot be separated by the various factors that influence it. This study aims to see the relationship between the role of the family environment, interpersonal communication, and smartphone addiction to children's emotions. Using survey research methods with SEM analysis techniques. Data analysis was carried out on 263 parents who had early childhood aged 4-6 years. Proportionate cluster random sampling was the sample selection technique in this study. The results study showed that the family environment partially directly affects children's emotional development, while smartphone addiction harms children's emotional development. Those were different in interpersonal communication, which does not influence children's emotional development. It indicates that if you want to improve the development of positive emotions in children, the main concern and priority in the improvement is always to create a harmonious family environment and reduce the level of smartphone addiction.