Associations among average parental educational attainment, maternal stress, and infant screen exposure at 6 months of age.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that increased use of screens early in life may have negative developmental consequences for children. However, little is known concerning parental factors that predict initial screen exposure in infancy. The primary goal of this study was to examine whether parental educational attainment and maternal stress were associated with infant screen exposure by 6 months of age. A diverse sample of mothers (N = 93) was recruited prenatally. In a follow-up visit when the infants were six months of age (N = 82), we examined factors that may be associated with initial infant exposure to screens. First, mothers reported whether they had already exposed their infants to screens. Thereafter, those mothers who reported already having exposed their infants to screens were further querie

SUBMITTER: Wiltshire CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627439 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature