Associations of parental attitudes and health behaviors with children's screen time over four years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents are significantly important in shaping the screen use of children within a family system. This study aimed to examine the associations of Chinese children's screen time (ST) over four years with parents' attitudes toward their own screen use and physical activities (PA) and health behaviors including their ST, PA, cigarette smoking, and alcohol drinking.

Methods

The current study utilized data from two waves (2011 and 2015) of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), including 1,941 mother-father-child triads in 2011 and 2,707 mother-father-child triads in 2015 (with children aged 0-17-years-old). The ST of children and the parental attitudes and health behaviors were measured via self-report or proxy-report (for children under 6 years old) questionna

SUBMITTER: Xie QW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9909857 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature