Cross sectional associations of screen time and outdoor play with social skills in preschool children
Hinkley T, Brown H, Carson V, Teychenne M
PloS one · 82 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Deakin University
- Government
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Government
- Medical Research Council
- Government
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Government
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CA)
- University or hospital
- Deakin University (AU)
- Grants
- Medical Research Council (APP1070571); National Health and Medical Research Council (1070571)
Based on 6 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2018-04-04 · PLoS One · vol. 13 · issue 4 · p. e0193700
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Cited
- 211 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 50.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 94 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Gender and Technology in Education
- Keywords
- screen time, outdoor play, social skills, preschool children, television viewing, physical activity, psychosocial well-being, gender differences, early childhood development
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, cross-sectional studies, child development, play and playthings, television, child, preschool, female, male, social skills, sedentary behavior
4 authors
From AU, CA
- Trina Hinkley · correspondingDeakin University
- Helen L. Brown · correspondingDeakin University
- Valerie Carson · correspondingUniversity of Alberta
- Megan J. Teychenne · correspondingDeakin University
Abstract
Screen time and physical activity behaviours develop during the crucial early childhood period (0-5 years) and impact multiple health and developmental outcomes, including psychosocial wellbeing. Social skills, one component of psychosocial wellbeing, are vital for children's school readiness and future mental health. This study investigates potential associations of screen time and outdoor play (as a proxy for physical activity) with social skills. Cross sectional data were available for 575 mothers with a child (54% boys) aged 2-5 years. Mothers reported their child's screen time, outdoor play time and social skills (Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory; ASBI). Multiple linear regression analyses assessed associations of screen and outdoor play time (Model 1) and compliance with screen time and physical activity recommendations (Model 2) with three ASBI subscales. Boys and girls spent a mean of 2.0 and 2.2 hours per day in screen time, and 3.3 and 2.9 hours per day in outdoor play, respectively. Girls scores for express and comply skills were significantly higher than boys (p<0.005). After applying the Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure to adjust for multiple associations, children's television/DVD/video viewing was inversely associated with their compliant scores (B = -0.35 95% CI -0.26, -0.14; p = 0.001) and outdoor play time was positively associated with both expressive (B = 0.20 95% CI 0.07, 0.34; p = 0.004) and compliant (B = 0.22 95% CI 0.08, 0.36; p = 0.002) scores. Findings indicate that television/DVD/video viewing may be adversely, and outdoor play favourably, associated with preschool children's social skills. Future research is required to identify the direction of causation and explore potential mechanisms of association.
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