Media Devices in Parents' and Children's Bedrooms and Children's Media Use.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The American Academy of Pediatrics advises having no media devices in children's bedrooms. We examined the link between media devices in parents' and children's bedrooms and children's media use. METHODS:Ninety parent-child dyads participated in a community- based healthy weight management study targeting 8-to-12-year-olds with body mass index (BMI)-for-age ≥75th percentile. Parents and children reported the number of media devices in their bedrooms and hours spent using media devices on weekdays and weekend days. RESULTS:Most children (61%) and parents (92%) had at least one media device in their bedrooms. The numbers of devices in parents' and children's bedrooms were positively correlated. Children with no bedroom media devices reported less weekday media use compared to chil

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342198 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature