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However, the differential effects of mother\/father phubbing on adolescents\u2019 NSSI have been overlooked, and much less is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The present study explored the relationship between father phubbing (Fphubbing) and mother phubbing (Mphubbing) and adolescents\u2019 NSSI. Moreover, it examined whether adolescents\u2019 rumination mediates these associations and the moderating role of school connectedness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants and setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 2589 participants were recruited as the final sample.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to assess the effects of Fphubbing and Mphubbing on adolescents\u2019 NSSI. Model 4 was applied to examine the mediating role of adolescents\u2019 rumination in the link of Fphubbing\/Mphubbing with NSSI. Model 15 was employed to estimate whether the paths of the mediation model were different across school connectedness levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fphubbing and Mphubbing were positively correlated with NSSI, and rumination partially mediated these relationships. Moderated mediation analysis further indicated that the relationship between rumination and NSSI was moderated by school connectedness, and this relationship was only significant for adolescents with low school connectedness. 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