Technoference refers to incidents in which technology use interferes with interpersonal exchanges (e.g., conversations, playing). Although research on technoference is in its infancy, there is preliminary evidence that mothers believe technoference has a detrimental impact on the social-emotional functioning of their child. The current study investigated the degree to which technoference was associated with attachment between mothers and their elementary-aged children. A second aim was to determine if the relationship between technoference and children's social-emotional functioning may be moderated by mother-child attachment. Surveys were completed by a sample of 80 mothers and their elementary-aged children. This study is unique in asking elementary-aged children to report their perceptions of parental technoference and the impact it has on their relationship with their mother and their own social-emotional functioning. More frequent technoference was associated with less secure mother-child attachment as rated by children, but not as rated by mothers. That is, frequent technoference may not significantly influence a mother's attachment to their child, but it is associated with a child's attachment to their mother. More frequent technoference was associated with decreased ratings by mothers regarding their child's social-emotional functioning. Furthermore, maternal attachment moderated the relationship between technoference and child externalizing behaviors, such that a more secure attachment served as a protective factor against the negative impact of technoference on child externalizing behaviors. However, attachment did not moderate the relationship between technoference and most social skills assessed in our study. Implications from this study are discussed, including ways to increase awareness of technoference among school personnel, parents, and youth.

技术干扰是指技术使用干扰人际交流（例如，对话、玩耍）的事件。尽管对技术语言的研究还处于起步阶段，但有初步证据表明，母亲认为技术语言对其孩子的社会情感功能有不利影响。目前的研究调查了技术信息与母亲与其小学年龄儿童之间的依恋关系的程度。第二个目的是确定技术推理与儿童社会情感功能之间的关系是否可以通过母子依恋来调节。调查是由 80 名母亲及其小学年龄的孩子组成的样本完成的。这项研究的独特之处在于，要求小学年龄的儿童报告他们对父母技术干预的看法以及它对他们与母亲的关系和他们自己的社会情感功能的影响。更频繁的技术交流与儿童评价的较不安全的母子依恋有关，但与母亲的评价无关。也就是说，频繁的技术交流可能不会显着影响母亲对孩子的依恋，但它与孩子对母亲的依恋有关。更频繁的技术交流与母亲对孩子社交情绪功能的评分降低有关。此外，母性依恋调节了技术推理与儿童外化行为之间的关系，因此，更安全的依恋可以作为保护因素，防止技术推理对儿童外化行为的负面影响。然而，依恋并没有缓和技术推理与我们研究中评估的大​​多数社交技能之间的关系。讨论了这项研究的意义，包括提高学校工作人员、家长和青年对技术交流意识的方法。