ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
A Network Perspective on the Relationship between Screen Time, Executive Function, and Fundamental Motor Skills among Preschoolers.
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- Study protocol: Mixed-methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial on preventing dysregulated screen use in children under 3.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Voluntariness and type of digital device usage: A study in terms of Vygotsky's cultural-historical perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Children's screentime is associated with reduced brain activation during an inhibitory control task: A pilot EEG study.Frontiers in cognition · 2023Article
- Association between screen time and suspected developmental coordination disorder in preschoolers: A national population-based study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A Cognitive Systems Engineering Approach Using Unsupervised Fuzzy C-Means Technique, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Network Analysis-A Preliminary Statistical Investigation of the Bean Counter Profiling Scale Robustness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Gross Motor Skills and Inhibitory Control in Preschool Children: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Selective Attention and Concentration Are Related to Lifestyle in Chilean Schoolchildren.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present study aimed to analyze the dynamic and nonlinear association between screen time, executive function (EF), and fundamental motor skills (FMS) in preschoolers, considering sex and body mass index (BMI) from a network perspective. Forty-two preschoolers (24 boys, 3.91 ± 0.77 years old) provided screen time, EF, FMS, and BMI data. EF was measured using the Go/No Go task, and accuracy of Go (sustain attention), reaction time of Go, and accuracy of No Go (inhibitory control) were considered. Relationships between screen time, EF, FMS, sex, and BMI were explored using a network analysis. The emerged network highlights that screen time is intensely associated with the other variables in the network, while the accuracy of Go has the greater connectivity with other nodes in the network (2.27), being the most sensitive to potential intervention changes. Moreover, sex (1.74), screen time (0.93), and accuracy of Go (0.71) showed the greatest closeness. This study showed that in the emerged network, independent of sex, screen exposure affects the accuracy on Go task, and these components affect the variables in the network, as motor abilities and tasks involved in inhibitory control.
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