Family and developmental correlates of adolescent involvement in decision making about screen use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assess how child involvement in making rules about screen time relates to age, child prosocial functioning, and amount of screen use.

Methods

NORC's AmeriSpeak Panel was used to recruit a nationally representative sample of parents or guardians of school-aged children (age 5-17) in the United States (n = 2084). Parents completed survey that included measures of screen time, child involvement in rule making about screen use, family functioning, and dimensions of child psychosocial functioning.

Results

Across all age categories, most families had some form of rules about the allowable amount of screen-based digital media for uses other than schoolwork: 86% of elementary school-aged children (ages 5 to 10), 81% of middle school-aged children (ages 11-13), and 6

SUBMITTER: Kroshus-Havril E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11016903 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature