Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Parental Mediation in Adolescent Smartphone Use
Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) and Parental Mediation in Adolescent Smartphone Use

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the impact of adolescent smartphone use and the role of parental mediation in promoting healthy digital behaviors. Integrating Feuerstein’s Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) theory, it highlights structured strategies – such as intentional guidance, self-regulation, and goal-setting – to enhance critical thinking and responsible smartphone use. The results indicate that higher implementation of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) strategies – particularly Regulation, Feeling of Competence, and Meaning – is strongly associated with lower levels of problematic smartphone use among adolescents. Self-regulation and meaning-making components emerged as key predictors, explaining 38% of the variance and highlighting their central role in effective parental mediation.

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