Infant screen media usage and social-emotional functioning |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Eastern Michigan University, United States;2. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, United States;3. Indiana University School of Medicine, United States;4. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States;5. Indiana University–Bloomington, United States;1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China;2. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;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: | There has been little research on whether and how screen media usage affects social-emotional (SE) function prior to two years of age, even though early SE development is understood to be nurtured through interpersonal experience, mainly withthe primary caregiver. This study sought to characterise infant screen media usage and understand how it may link with concurrent SE function by testing associated effects on reducing parent-infant interaction and of parent psychological factors. Questionnaire responses from 327 UK-based parents of infants aged 6–24 months showed diverse usage in the amount of time spent on screen media (‘screen time’) and amount of parental involvement (co-sharing and co-referencing). Infants with possible SE delay experienced more screen time than those at low risk. The study tested three mediation models and found support for the displacement and not distancing hypothesis based on this community sample. While screen time predicted both SE competence and SE problems, reduced parent-infant play partially mediated the effect on SE competence. Parent depressed mood was positively linked with infant SE problems, but there was little evidence that increased screen time mediated this effect. Also, parent reflective function and attitudes toward parent-infant play were unrelated to screen time. Though longitudinal study is warranted, the findings implicate screen media usage as potentially directly and indirectly relevant when addressing infant mental health. |
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| Keywords: | Mother-infant relations Screen media Social-emotional competence Social-emotional problems Maternal depression |
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