Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Scand J Public Health. 2023 Dec;51(8):1173-1181. doi: 10.1177/14034948221103463. Epub 2022 Jun 16.
Little is known about the influence of parents' screen media habits and attitudes towards screen media on children's screen use. We investigated associations of parental screen use, their smartphone addiction and screen media attitudes, with children's recreational screen use.
This study was based on a population-based cross-sectional survey sent between May 2019 and November 2020 to a random sample of 6820 Danish parent-child dyads who answered questions regarding their screen media habits. Children were 6-11 years of age and had to reside with the parent. Multivariable adjusted regression analyses were conducted (in October 2021) separately for screen media use on weekdays and weekend days.
The analyses included 5437 parents (41.0 years, 67.6% girls) and 5437 children (8.9 years, 48.2% girls). The adjusted relative odds of excessive amounts of screen use of children (>3 hours/weekday and >4 hours/weekend day) was 5.8 (95% confidence interval (CI) 4.6; 7.3) on weekdays and 7.2 (95% CI 5.9; 8.8) on weekend days comparing the fourth and first quartile of parental screen use. Children of parents in the fourth quartile of parental screen use had 2.1 (95% CI 1.7; 2.5) and 2.5 (95% CI 2.2; 3.0) greater odds of screen use before bedtime on all week and weekend days, respectively. Children of parents who had a positive attitude towards their child's screen use or were at high risk of smartphone addiction had significantly higher screen use and more frequent problematic screen use.
Parent's screen media habits and attitudes were strongly associated with their children's recreational screen use.
关于父母的屏幕媒体习惯和对屏幕媒体的态度对儿童屏幕使用的影响知之甚少。我们调查了父母的屏幕使用、智能手机成瘾和屏幕媒体态度与儿童娱乐性屏幕使用之间的关联。
本研究基于 2019 年 5 月至 2020 年 11 月期间向丹麦随机抽取的 6820 对父母-子女进行的一项基于人群的横断面调查，这些父母-子女回答了有关他们屏幕媒体习惯的问题。儿童年龄在 6-11 岁之间，必须与父母一起居住。分别于 2021 年 10 月对工作日和周末的屏幕媒体使用情况进行多变量调整回归分析。
分析包括 5437 名父母（41.0 岁，67.6%为女孩）和 5437 名儿童（8.9 岁，48.2%为女孩）。与父母屏幕使用量第四和第一四分位数相比，儿童（>3 小时/工作日和>4 小时/周末）过量屏幕使用的调整后相对优势比（OR）分别为 5.8（95%置信区间（CI）为 4.6；7.3）在工作日和 7.2（95%CI 为 5.9；8.8）在周末。父母屏幕使用量处于第四四分位数的儿童在所有周和周末睡前使用屏幕的可能性分别高出 2.1（95%CI 为 1.7；2.5）和 2.5（95%CI 为 2.2；3.0）。父母对孩子屏幕使用持积极态度或有智能手机成瘾高风险的孩子，其屏幕使用时间明显更长，更频繁出现问题性屏幕使用。
父母的屏幕媒体习惯和态度与孩子的娱乐性屏幕使用密切相关。
