Effect of Using Smart Mobile Device on Child Prosocial and Difficult Behaviors in School Age; Parents' Perception.

Background: The time that children spend using digital devices is increasing rapidly with the development of new portable and instantly accessible technology. Mobile devices are embedded in and dominate the daily lives of young children. Research Aims: assess the effect of using smart mobile device on child Prosocial and difficult behaviors in school age. Methodology: A cross sectional research design was utilized at August 2019 - January 2020. Convenience sample include the 400 school children. An online survey by using Google form, which contains three parts (characteristics of parents, children and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Results: revealed that47.2% and 47.7% of studied children had abnormal emotional symptoms and conduct problems. In addition (34.5%) of studied children was normal related peer problems domain. Also, (51.2%) of them was abnormal related hyperactivity. While, (30%) of studied children had normal Prosocial behavior. Conclusions: the current study concluded that about half of studied children had abnormal Prosocial and difficult behaviors and less than one quarter of them had borderline Prosocial and difficult behaviors. While, less than one third of them had normal Prosocial and difficult behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]