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Smartphones and Parent-Child Interactions: Texting Impacts Behaviors, but No Mere Presence Effect
Smartphones and Parent-Child Interactions: Texting Impacts Behaviors, but No Mere Presence Effect
Chehalis M. Strapp, Ph.D., Daisy M. Garibay Garibay, B.S., Addie M. Morrow, B.S., Ella M. Mainwaring, B.S., Ruth E. Simonsen, B.S., Mateo J. McCann, B.S., Saarah E. Johnson, B.S., Haven E. Pickup, B.S.,
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Strapp, C. M., Garibay Garibay, D. M., Morrow, A. M., Mainwaring, E. M., Simonsen, R. E., McCann, M. J., Johnson, S. E., & Pickup, H. E. (2026). Smartphones and parent-child interactions: Texting impacts behaviors, but no mere presence effect. North American Journal of Psychology, 28(4), 2572–2600. https://doi.org/10.65696/001c.173465