ArticlePsychological medicine2024
Screen time, brain network development and socio-emotional competence in childhood: moderation of associations by parent-child reading.
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- Developing a multi-modal neuroimaging-based BrainAge model across childhood.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Problematic media use and callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood: the roles of emotion regulation and parental mediation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Association between preschool children's media use, parental joint media engagement and prosocial behavior: A longitudinal cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Neurobehavioural links from infant screen time to anxiety.EBioMedicine · 2026Article
- Screen exposure and emotion regulation abilities in 5-6-year-old children: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations Between Screen Time, Sleep, and Executive Function in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Digital Content and Age.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Molecular and Neurobiological Imbalance from the Use of Technological Devices During Early Child Development Stages.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Digital screen exposure and emotional symptoms in preschool children: mediation by parent-child relationship and moderation by peer relationships.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Screen use in children - two sides of the coin: a critical narrative review.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2025Review
- The impact of screen time and social media on youth self-harm behaviour and suicide: A protocol for a systematic reviews.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundScreen time in infancy is linked to changes in social-emotional development but the pathway underlying this association remains unknown. We aim to provide mechanistic insights into this association using brain network topology and to examine the potential role of parent-child reading in mitigating the effects of screen time.
methodsWe examined the association of screen time on brain network topology using linear regression analysis and tested if the network topology mediated the association between screen time and later socio-emotional competence. Lastly, we tested if parent-child reading time was a moderator of the link between screen time and brain network topology.
resultsInfant screen time was significantly associated with the emotion processing-cognitive control network integration (
conclusionOur study identified emotion processing-cognitive control network integration as a plausible biological pathway linking screen time in infancy and later socio-emotional competence. We also provided novel evidence for the role of parent-child reading in moderating the association between screen time and topological brain restructuring in early childhood.
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