Associations among average parental educational attainment,maternal stress,and infant screen exposure at 6 months of age |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The University of Texas at El Paso, United States;2. Teachers College, Columbia University, United States;1. Montclair State University, United States;2. The Johns Hopkins University, United States;1. Lancaster University, United Kingdom;2. University of Exeter, United Kingdom;3. University of California, Los Angeles, United States;1. Washington State University, USA;2. Bowdoin College, USA;3. University of Leuven, Belgium;4. University of São Paulo, Brazil;5. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago, Chile;6. Capital Normal University, China;7. University of Helsinki, Finland;8. 0-3 Centre for the at-Risk Infant, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Italy;9. Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy;10. Ewha Womans University, South Korea;11. Ewha Social Science Research Institute, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea;12. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico;13. Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands;14. Radboud University and Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands;15. University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands;p. Babes Bolyai University, Romania;q. Research Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk State University, Russia;r. University of Murcia, Spain;s. Özyeğin University, Turkey;t. Trakya University, Turkey;u. Tampere University, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Evidence suggests that increased use of screens early in life may have negative developmental consequences for children. However, little is known concerning parental factors that predict initial screen exposure in infancy. The primary goal of this study was to examine whether parental educational attainment and maternal stress were associated with infant screen exposure by 6 months of age. A diverse sample of mothers (N = 93) was recruited prenatally. In a follow-up visit when the infants were six months of age (N = 82), we examined factors that may be associated with initial infant exposure to screens. First, mothers reported whether they had already exposed their infants to screens. Thereafter, those mothers who reported already having exposed their infants to screens were further queried to determine the extent of infant screen use. Results demonstrated that among infants exposed to screens, mothers reported an average of nearly 3 h of daily screen use. Average parental educational attainment, but not maternal stress, was significantly associated with initial infant exposure. Of those families who endorsed screen exposure by 6 months, 70 % reported a screen in the room where the child sleeps, nearly half reported using screens to help calm the infant, and about a third reported using a screen at least sometimes during meals, when going to sleep, and while waiting. Parental education around infant screen use behaviors may be important to help promote child development and outcomes. |
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| Keywords: | Infant screen time Infant screen use Parental educational attainment Maternal stress |
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