Department of Pediatrics, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar.
Department of Pediatrics, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2021 Apr;119(2):106-113. doi: 10.5546/aap.2021.eng.106.
Previous studies have found that excessive screen time or early screen exposure is associated with poor attention, lack of behavioral control, delayed language and deficit in executive functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between screen time and emotion regulation skills, which is one of the important life components affecting the social relations of children aged 2 to 5 years.
This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in a university hospital between January 1, 2018 and March 1, 2018. Mothers of healthy children aged 2-5 years with a daily screen time of less than 1 hour or over 4 hours were included in the study. A structured survey and the Emotion Regulation Checklist for parents were applied to the mothers who agreed to participate.
Of 240 children participating in the study, 98 (40.8 %) had ≥4 hours of screen time. Caring by mother, age at first screen exposure 12 months and older, not co-viewing with parents were found to be associated with ≥ 4 hours of screen time (p = 0.002, p = 0.002, p = 0.012, respectively). The ratio of participants with highlability/ negativity (L/N) score was significantly higher in children with screen time of ≥ 4 hours and not co-viewing with parents (p = 0.004, p = 0.033, respectively).
This study investigating the relationship between the emotion regulation skill and screen time revealed that excessive screen time is associated with emotional lability in this early childhood period.
先前的研究发现，过度使用屏幕或过早接触屏幕与注意力不集中、缺乏行为控制、语言发育迟缓以及执行功能缺陷有关。本研究旨在调查屏幕时间与情绪调节技能之间的关系，这是影响 2 至 5 岁儿童社会关系的重要生活组成部分之一。
这是一项 2018 年 1 月 1 日至 3 月 1 日在一所大学医院进行的横断面描述性研究。研究纳入了每日屏幕时间少于 1 小时或超过 4 小时的、2-5 岁健康儿童的母亲。对同意参与的母亲应用了结构化调查和父母情绪调节检查表。
在参与研究的 240 名儿童中，有 98 名（40.8%）的屏幕时间≥4 小时。研究发现，由母亲照顾、首次屏幕暴露年龄在 12 个月及以上、与父母不同步观看与屏幕时间≥4 小时有关（p=0.002，p=0.002，p=0.012）。与父母不同步观看的儿童中，高变异性/消极性（L/N）评分较高的参与者比例显著更高（p=0.004，p=0.033）。
本研究调查了情绪调节技能与屏幕时间之间的关系，结果表明，在此幼儿期，过度使用屏幕与情绪不稳定性有关。
