Screen time behaviour in a sample of 11- to 12-year-old Greek-Cypriot children: A cross-sectional study of parental and child reports.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This cross-sectional study examined the association between parental and child-reported correlates and children's screen time.

Methods

Children (N = 154) and their parents completed questionnaires examining correlates of screen time. Children recorded the time they devoted to screen-based and study-related sedentary activities and wore a pedometer for 6 days (four weekdays and two weekend days). Parents also provided information relating to the time their children devoted to screen time.

Results

Children reported significantly higher time watching television and playing electronic games as well as higher total screen time during the weekend compared to weekdays. On the contrary, they reported significantly lower time doing homework and recorded signif

SUBMITTER: Loucaides CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826109 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature