Parent and Child Screen-Viewing Time and Home Media Environment

Background Screen-viewing time has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Data on the predictors of youth screen-viewing time is predominately from older children in North America. Parental and home media environment factors that are associated with screen-viewing time could be targeted in in...

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Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2012-08, Vol.43 (2), p.150-158
Main Authors: Jago, Russell, PhD, Stamatakis, Emmanuel, PhD, Gama, Augusta, PhD, Carvalhal, Isabel Mourão, PhD, Nogueira, Helena, PhD, Rosado, Vítor, PhD, Padez, Cristina, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Child
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
Computers - utilization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Fathers - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Portugal
Sex Factors
Television - statistics & numerical data
Time Factors
Video Games - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Background Screen-viewing time has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Data on the predictors of youth screen-viewing time is predominately from older children in North America. Parental and home media environment factors that are associated with screen-viewing time could be targeted in interventions. Purpose Examine if parental screen-viewing time and electronic media (access to game equipment, TVs, PCs, and laptops) environment factors were associated with Portuguese children's screen-viewing time and if associations differed by child age (1 hour using combined other media on weekdays and weekend days. Conclusions Parental TV-viewing time was associated with Portuguese children's TV-viewing time. The numbers of TVs in the household and electronic games equipment access were also associated with TV- and combined other media-viewing/usage time.
ISSN:0749-3797
1873-2607
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.04.012