ArticleJournal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2018
Media Exposure in Low-Income Preschool-Aged Children Is Associated with Multiple Measures of Self-Regulatory Behavior.
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- Early Childhood Screen Use Contexts and Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2024Pooled 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
- Associations Between Early Screen Exposure and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children Aged 2-5 Years: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence, patterns and parental perceptions of excessive screen time among children aged 2-4 years: A cross-sectional study from a rural setting of Haryana, India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Problematic Digital Technology Use Measures in Children Aged 0 to 6 Years: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Preschooler screen time and temperamental anger/frustration during the COVID-19 pandemic.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Association between media exposure and behavioral problems among preschool children.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Children aged 3-4 years were more likely to be given mobile devices for calming purposes if they had weaker overall executive functioning.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
- Effect of early screen media multitasking on behavioural problems in school-age children.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Association of screen time with long-term stress and temperament in preschoolers: results from the DAGIS study.European journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Their Association with Self-Regulation in Chilean Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Early Childhood Externalizing Behavior, Parenting Stress, and Child Media Use.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2020Article
- Television viewing and child cognition in a longitudinal birth cohort in Singapore: the role of maternal factors.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Promoting Children's Healthy Habits Through Self-Regulation Via Parenting.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2019Review
- Print and Screen Media in Families Experiencing Low Income: The Impact of Stressors and Protective Factors.Infant and child developmentArticle
- Time spent playing predicts early reading and math skills through associations with self-regulation.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
- Tests of Bidirectional Relations of TV Exposure and Effortful Control as Predictors of Adjustment in Early Childhood in the Context of Family Risk Factors.Infant and child developmentArticle
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objectiveExcessive screen media exposure in childhood is associated with parent-reported self-regulation difficulties. No studies have used laboratory-based or teacher-reported measures of child self-regulatory behaviors. This study examines cross-sectional associations between preschooler screen media exposure and multiple measures of self-regulatory behaviors.
methodsPreintervention data were used from 541 preschoolers in the Growing Healthy study, an obesity prevention trial (2011-2015). Screen media exposure was measured by daily screen media exposure (hr/d), television (TV) in the bedroom, frequency of background TV, and TV with meals (1 = rarely/never, 4 = frequently). Child self-regulatory behaviors were measured by the following: child ability to delay gratification, a standardized waiting paradigm; teacher-reported Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation; and parent-reported difficult temperament on the Child Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Multivariate regression analyses modeled screen media exposure predicting each self-regulatory measure, adjusting for child age, sex, parent age, education, marital status, income-to-needs ratio, number of adults in household, parent depressive symptoms, and sensitivity.
resultsChildren were aged 4.1 years (SD = 0.5), parents were aged 29.6 years (SD = 6.8), 48% had high school education or less, and 67% were married. Daily screen media exposure and background TV were associated with weaker observed self-regulation (β: -10.30 seconds for each hr/d media, -12.63 seconds for 1-point increase, respectively). Background TV and TV with meals were associated with greater parent-reported difficult temperament (β: 0.04 and 0.05 CBQ, respectively, for 1-point increase).
conclusionGreater screen media exposure had small but significant associations with weaker observed and parent-reported, but not teacher-reported, self-regulatory behaviors. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine the directionality of associations.
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