ArticleInfant mental health journal2022
Infants' and toddlers' digital media use and mothers' mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- The Impact of Modifiable Parenting Factors on the Screen Use of Children Five Years or Younger: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- A comparison of referral and treatment patterns at child development institutes during the corona closures and pre-corona periods.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Relations between Video Game Engagement and Social Development in Children: The Mediating Role of Executive Function and Age-Related Moderation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Restrictions Resulted in Both Positive and Negative Effects on Digital Media Use, Mental Health, and Lifestyle Habits.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Screen media exposure and behavioral adjustment in early childhood during and after COVID-19 home lockdown periods.Computers in human behavior · 2023Article
- Maternal COVID-19 Distress and Chinese Preschool Children's Problematic Media Use: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Familial context influences media usage in 0- to 4-year old children.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Infants' and toddlers' digital media use and mothers' mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study compared children's and mothers' digital media use and mothers' mental health in two samples: one accessed before (Group 1; N = 257; M = 33.18 years; SD = 4.79) and the other accessed during (Group 2; N = 256; M = 33.51 years; SD = 4.96) the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Mothers of children up to 3 years old (Group 1: M = 17.95 months, SD = 9.85; Group 2: M = 16.48 months, SD = 10.15) answered an online survey. Bivariate analysis, factorial ANOVA tests, and multiple linear regression were performed. Results suggest that mothers' and children's media use duration was higher during the pandemic only among children over 12 months. Mothers' media use duration (β = .18) and mothers' intention to offer media (β = .23) contributed to the explanation of children's media use duration (F(4, 474) = 16.81; p < .001; R
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