Patterns of preschool children's screen time, parent-child interactions, and cognitive development in early childhood: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of a virtual study protocol for a future longitudinal study, including recruitment, study measures, and procedures. The secondary objective was to examine preliminary hypotheses of associations, including 1) the correlations between total duration and patterns of screen time and cognitive development, and 2) the differences in quality of parent-child interactions for two screen-based tasks and a storybook reading task.

Methods

Participants included 44 children aged 3 years and their parents from Edmonton, Alberta and surrounding areas. Children's screen time patterns (i.e., type, device, content, context) were parental-reported using a 2-week online daily diary design. Children's cognitive developm

SUBMITTER: Rai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature