Longitudinal effects of parental adverse childhood experiences on offspring problematic media use: The serial mediating role of psychological distress and harsh discipline.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may lead to increased problematic media use (PMU). However, whether parental adverse childhood experiences predict offspring PMU, and the mediating roles of psychological distress and harsh discipline, two common mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of parental ACEs, in this relationship have not been examined in Chinese samples.