ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Screen Time and Executive Function in Toddlerhood: A Longitudinal Study.
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- Examining the relationship between language development, executive function, and screen time: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Executive functions as a transdiagnostic endophenotype in developmental psychopathology.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Review
- Associations Between Early Screen Exposure and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children Aged 2-5 Years: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Latent Trajectories of Screen Time and Their Predictors in School-Aged Children: A Six-Year Longitudinal Analysis.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Young children's screen time, executive functions, and language development: Longitudinal moderation of parent/child coviewing and media content.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Neighborhood disorder and infant screen time: Buffering effects of the PlayReadVIP parent-child program.Child development · 2026Article
- Executive Functioning as a Mediator Between Digital Media Exposure and Communication Outcomes in Children and Adolescents.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Unfiltered Access, Unseen Harms: A Developmental and Public Health Critique of Digital Rights Discourse.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Solitary Screen Time Exacerbates Later Socioemotional Problems in Young Children with Oral Language Difficulties.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Is screen time associated with children's physiological regulation? Answers from a 3-year prospective study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Screen exposure in relation to cool and hot executive functions in preschoolers: parenting processes as mediators and parental growth mindset as moderator.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations of screen time and outdoor physical activity trajectories with executive function and behavioral problems in children aged 4 years in china: a prospective cohort study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Screen exposure and emotion regulation abilities in 5-6-year-old children: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Screen time is a predictor of cognitive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- How Paediatricians Can Help Parents to Deal With the Challenges Presented by the Digital Age.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- How Is the Digital Age Shaping Young Minds? A Rapid Systematic Review of Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents with Exposure to ICT.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Screen time exposure and executive functions in preschool children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The relationship and mechanism of screen time and academic performance among adolescents: an empirical study based on CEPS.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The impact of electronic device use on learning quality in young children: the mediating role of executive function and the moderating role of parental mediation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association Between Screen Time and Lifestyle Parameters with Executive Functions in Chilean Children and Adolescents: Potential Mediating Role of Health-Related Quality of Life.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Technology is pervasive in homes with young children. Emerging evidence that electronic screen-based media use has adverse effects on executive functions may help explain negative relations between media use and early academic skills. However, longitudinal investigations are needed to test this idea. In a sample of 193 British toddlers tracked from age 2 to 3 years, we test concurrent and predictive relations between screen use and children's executive function. We find no concurrent association between screen use and executive function; however, screen time at age 2 is negatively associated with the development of executive functions in toddlerhood from age 2 to 3, controlling for a range of covariates including verbal ability. Implications for parenting, education, and pediatric recommendations are discussed.
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