Impact of Parental Risk Perception on Anxiety and Smartphone Monitoring Practices in Bangladesh

Shahana Yesmin. (2026). Impact of Parental Risk Perception on Anxiety and Smartphone Monitoring Practices in Bangladesh. Journal Of Creative Writing (ISSN-2410-6259), 10(1), 51–66. https://doi.org/10.70771/jocw.248

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of school-driven technology demands (Distance Learning Context [DLC]) and Parental Risk Perception (PRP) on Smartphone Monitoring Practices (SMP) among homemaker mothers in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh (N = 120), while explicitly evaluating the mediating role of Parental Anxiety (PA). Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression, Pearson correlation.

Multiple regression analysis revealed that DLC (B = .621, p < .001) and PRP (B = .462, p < .001) significantly predicted maternal anxiety, accounting for 94.7% of its total variance (R2 = .947). Bivariate correlation demonstrated a near-perfect positive relationship between parental anxiety and home monitoring practices (r = .958, p < .001). Furthermore, Hayes PROCESS mediation analysis confirmed that parental anxiety significantly mediates the relationship between risk perception and home monitoring behaviors (ab = 1.2482, 95%{ Bootstrap CI } [1.0931, 1.4114]). Crucially, the negative direct path (c' = -0.1620, p = .018) demonstrates that cognitive awareness of digital risk alone does not drive active supervision; rather, parental anxiety acts as the indispensable emotional trigger compelling mothers to monitor device use.

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