ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Screen Time of Preschool-Aged Children and Their Mothers, and Children's Language Development.
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- Digital Intervention in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Pooled it
- Examining the relationship between language development, executive function, and screen time: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Association Between Parental Attitudes Towards Screen Time and Children's Language Skills in Four European Countries.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Executive Functioning as a Mediator Between Digital Media Exposure and Communication Outcomes in Children and Adolescents.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Excessive screen time among young Malaysian children: associated factors and influences on behaviour and development.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Effect of Screen Time on Language Development Among Toddlers and Preschool Children in Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2026Article
- Association Between COVID-19 Exposure Duration on Receptive and Expressive Language Development in Preschool Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Associations between parent-child outdoor visits and preschool-aged children's screen time: a cross-sectional study.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Digital Media Use and Screen Time Exposure Among Youths: A Lifestyle-Based Public Health Concern.Cureus · 2025Review
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- The Impact of Parental Behaviors on Children's Lifestyle, Dietary Habits, Screen Time, Sleep Patterns, Mental Health, and BMI: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Emotional Reactivity and Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers: The Interplay of Parental Stress, Media-Related Coping, and Child Screen Time.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Influence of maternal and infant technology use and other family factors on infant development.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- The effectiveness of therapist-led family-centered language intervention for children with language delay.Translational pediatrics · 2024Article
- Does Screen Time Do More Damage in Boys Than Girls?Cureus · 2024Article
- Change in screen time and overuse, and their association with psychological well-being among US-wide school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) years 2018-21.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Although children's increased screen time has been found to associate with poorer language development, it is open to question which part of language ability screen time specifically associates with. Our aim was to examine the association between children's screen time (alone and together with a parent), mothers' screen time, and the different domains of children's language skills. Mothers reported their children's (N = 164, aged 2.5 to 4.1 years) screen time and their own on a weekday and a day off. Children's lexical, phonological, morphological, receptive, and general language abilities were measured using validated tests. The connections between children's and mothers' screen time and children's language skills were analyzed using correlation analyses and linear regression models. The more the children used screen time alone, or the greater the amount of the mothers' screen time, the weaker the children's lexical and general language abilities when the children's age, maternal education level, and birth order were controlled for. We also found cumulative, negative links to the children's lexical and general language abilities when the amount of their screen time alone and the amount of the mothers' screen time were simultaneously included in the regression model. The results suggest that it is important to restrict both children's screen time spent alone and mothers' screen time.
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