ArticlePreventive medicine reports2017
What mums think matters: A mediating model of maternal perceptions of the impact of screen time on preschoolers' actual screen time.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
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- Barriers to Reducing Children's Screen Time and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Under-Five Children in Woliso City Administration, Oromia Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Questionnaires Used to Explore the Perspectives of Parents and Health Professionals on Young Children's Use of Technology: Systematic Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Review
- Managing Screen Use in the Under-Fives: Recommendations for Parenting Intervention Development.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Article
- Correlates of screen time in the early years (0-5 years): A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- Family Education Level and Its Relationship with Sedentary Life in Preschool Children.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Determinants of Excessive Screen Time among Children under Five Years Old in Selangor, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Predictors of Parental Barriers to Reduce Excessive Child Screen Time Among Parents of Under-Five Children in Selangor, Malaysia: Cross-sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Mothers' and father's perceptions of the risks and benefits of screen time and physical activity during early childhood: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Preschool children's context-specific sedentary behaviours and parental socioeconomic status in Finland: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2017Article
- The mediating role of the home environment in relation to parental educational level and preschool children's screen time: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Effect of screen time on behavior of pre-schoolers in Islamabad.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Screen time during the preschool years is detrimental to wellbeing. The impact of parental perceptions on preschoolers' screen time is unknown. This paper explores the association between maternal perceptions of the impact of screen time on their preschoolers' wellbeing with their child's screen time and the potential mediating role of their perception of the appropriate amount of screen time. In 2013-2014, mothers of 575 preschoolers (2-5 years; metropolitan Melbourne and online sources) reported: their perceptions of the impact of screen time on 11 aspects of wellbeing, conceptually grouped to physical, social and cognitive well-being; their perceptions of the appropriate amount of screen time for preschoolers; and their child's actual screen time. Regression analyses investigated associations between perceptions and children's screen time. Mediation by perception of the appropriate amount of screen time was examined using indirect effects. Mothers' perceptions of the impact of screen time on social and cognitive wellbeing had a significant indirect effect on children's actual screen time through mothers' perception of the appropriate amount of screen time for their child. Findings illustrate the potential impact of parents' perceptions on their children's behaviors. Although a significant indirect effect was identified, direction of causality cannot be implied. Further exploration of the direction of association to determine causality, and interventions targeting parental perceptions, are warranted.
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