Digital Screen Time Limits and Young Children's Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From a Population-Based Study
Przybylski AK, Weinstein N
Child development · 74 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2017-12-13 · Child Dev · vol. 90 · issue 1 · pp. e56–e65
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 306 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 81.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 66 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Educational Methods and Impacts
- Keywords
- screen time, screen time limits, young children, psychological well-being, caregiver attachment, resilience, curiosity, positive affect, American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, parabolic relationship, cost-benefit analysis
- MeSH
- humans, family, parents, mental health, research design, time factors, child, preschool, caregivers, united states, female, male, screen time
2 authors
From GB
- Andrew K Przybylski · correspondingUniversity of Oxford
- Netta WeinsteinCardiff University
Abstract
There is little empirical understanding of how young children's screen engagement links to their well-being. Data from 19,957 telephone interviews with parents of 2- to 5-year-olds assessed their children's digital screen use and psychological well-being in terms of caregiver attachment, resilience, curiosity, and positive affect in the past month. Evidence did not support implementing limits (< 1 or < 2 hr/day) as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, once variability in child ethnicity, age, gender, household income, and caregiver educational attainment were considered. Yet, small parabolic functions linked screen time to attachment and positive affect. Results suggest a critical cost-benefit analysis is needed to determine whether setting firm limits constitutes a judicious use of caregiver and professional resources.
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