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Early Childhood Risk Factors for Mealtime TV Exposure and Engagement in Low-Income Families.
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- Pooled it
- Problematic Use of Electronic Devices in Preschool Children: A Parent Coaching Program for the Prevention of Screen Addiction.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Observed Mealtime Interactions, Meal Healthfulness, and Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Families.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Gender Moderates the Neural Impact of Problematic Media Use on Working Memory in Preschoolers: An fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The importance of mother-child interaction on smart device usage and behavior outcomes among toddlers: a longitudinal study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Mothers' experiences of reducing family mealtime screen use in Australian households with young children.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Psychometric properties of the ScreenQ for measuring digital media use in Portuguese young children.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Article
- The negative effects of new screens on the cognitive functions of young children require new recommendations.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Review
- Does physical activity moderate the association between screen time and psychosocial development in early childhood? Analysis of a longitudinal infant cohort study in Ireland.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Interactional theory of childhood problematic media use.Human behavior and emerging technologies · 2020Article
- A novel, composite measure of screen-based media use in young children (ScreenQ) and associations with parenting practices and cognitive abilities.Pediatric research · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Early Childhood Externalizing Behavior, Parenting Stress, and Child Media Use.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2020Article
- Association of Parental and Contextual Stressors With Child Screen Exposure and Child Screen Exposure Combined With Feeding.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- "If You Let Them, They Will Be on It 24 Hours a Day": Qualitative Study Conducted in the United States Exploring Brazilian Immigrant Mothers' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Screen Time Behaviors of Their Preschool-Age Children.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2019Article
- Media Exposure in Low-Income Preschool-Aged Children Is Associated with Multiple Measures of Self-Regulatory Behavior.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2018Article
- Associations Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Nonresponsive Feeding Styles and Practices in Mothers of Young Children: A Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
- Screen-Related Parenting Practices in Low-Income Mexican American Families.Academic pediatricsArticle
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objectiveTo identify whether child and mother characteristics in early childhood predict TV exposure and engagement during mealtime in middle childhood.
methodsA total of 220 low-income mother-child dyads participated. Children were 4.26 years old (SD = 0.51) at baseline and 5.94 years (SD = 0.68) at 2-year follow-up. Mothers completed baseline measures of child negative emotionality and parenting practices. Family mealtimes were video recorded and coded for background TV exposure and child TV engagement. Multinomial logistic regression tested whether child emotionality and parenting practices during early childhood predicted risk of child TV exposure or engagement during mealtime, relative to no TV use, 2 years later.
resultsChildren with greater negative emotionality in early childhood were more likely to engage with TV during mealtime than to have no TV. Similarly, early parenting disciplinary practices characterized by over-reactivity and laxness increased the risk for child TV engagement versus no TV during mealtime approximately 2 years later.
conclusionsWe identified 2 factors that associated with an increased risk for TV viewing during meals. Helping parents manage child negative emotionality using positive parenting strategies might reduce later child TV engagement and improve the quality of family mealtimes.
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