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ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2026

Association Between Parental Attitudes Towards Screen Time and Children's Language Skills in Four European Countries.

R Mustonen, R Torppa, J Kuvač Kraljević, A Matić, A Schults, G Krajewski, P Karp, K Muszyńska, H G Simonsen, N G Garmann and 2 more

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R MustonenDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-0428
R TorppaDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
J Kuvač KraljevićDepartment of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
A MatićDepartment of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
A SchultsInstitute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
G KrajewskiFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
P KarpFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
K MuszyńskaFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
H G SimonsenDepartment of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-5505
N G GarmannDepartment of Early Childhood Education, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
T TulvisteInstitute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
S StoltDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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Eesti Teadusagentuur PRG1761Faculty of Medicine, University of HelsinkiPäivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin SäätiöSuomen Kulttuurirahasto 00232474Sveučilište u Zagrebu
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aimThis study examined associations between parental attitudes towards children's screen time, children's screen use, and their language skills.

methodsSubjects were 315 children aged 36 to 42 months and their parents from Croatia, Estonia, Finland and Poland. The Screen Time Inventory was used to collect information on parental attitudes towards screen time in relation to the development of speaking, communication skills, and acquiring knowledge, and information on the amount of children's screen time (alone, co-viewing, total). Information on children's language skills (vocabulary, grammatical skills) was collected using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory III. Analysis of covariance was used.

resultsParental attitudes towards screen time were mostly consistent across countries, although Finnish parents considered screen time more beneficial than parents in other countries. Across countries, the more beneficial parents considered screen time, the more screen time their children spent co-viewing and in total, after controlling for children's age, gender, and parental educational level. Furthermore, the more screen time children had alone and in total, the lower their language skills.

conclusionParental attitudes were associated with children's screen habits, which in turn were linked to language skills. Identifying parental attitudes and informing parents of potential risks of screen time is important.

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AttitudeChild LanguageLanguage DevelopmentParentsScreen TimeChild, PreschoolEuropeFemaleHumansMaledigital devicesearly childhoodlanguage developmentparental attitudesscreen time

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