SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2023
Media Awareness and Screen Time Reduction in Children, Youth or Families: A Systematic Literature Review.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Review Article: The effectiveness of school-based interventions for reducing screen time - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevention and Health Promotion Interventions for Young People in the Context of Digital Well-Being: Rapid Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Examining the relationship between language development, executive function, and screen time: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Screen Time, Nature, and Development: Baseline of the Randomized Controlled Study "Screen-free till 3".Developmental science · 2025Trial
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- Nuances of balance; parental perspectives around screen use and nature exposure in middle childhood.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Computer vision syndrome: a comprehensive literature review.Future science OA · 2025Review
- Media-fasting in children and adolescents: a prospective study of screen-free day intentions across age groups.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Technology-based interventions to address internet addictive behaviors: systematic review.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- 'They build roads, not cycle paths': a qualitative study of Pacific children's physical activity barriers.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Media Consumption by Preschool Children: The Risk of Autism and Developmental Disorders.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025Review
- Study protocol: Mixed-methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial on preventing dysregulated screen use in children under 3.PloS one · 2025Article
- Process evaluation of a Germany-wide complex intervention to prevent dysregulated screen time in under threes: a RE-AIM-approach.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Managing Screen Use in the Under-Fives: Recommendations for Parenting Intervention Development.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Article
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Abstract
Excessive use of screen media is a global public health issue and especially extensive screen exposure during very early childhood. This review was conducted in order to update previous reviews on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce screen time. An electronic literature search was carried out in MEDLINE, COCHRANE LIBRARY and CINAHL for articles indexed from June 2011 until October 2019. The search identified 933 publications of which 11 publications were included in this review. There are studies showing interventions with a positive influence on reduction of screen time and the participants' awareness and behavior concerning the use of screen media, as well as studies without such effects. No intervention was identified to be superior. This warrants further investigation of potentially effective combinations of intervention components and long-term follow-up.
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