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Wanlin Xie; Jinjin Lu; Xunyi Lin – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This meta-analysis aimed to investigate whether screen exposure is beneficial or detrimental for early language development. A total of 28 eligible studies were synthesized to examine the correlation between screen exposure (including screen time, educational programme viewing, co-viewing, and start age of screen exposure) and language development…
Descriptors: Computer Use, Language Acquisition, Young Children, Correlation
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Limin Zhang; Qi Li; Hongjian Cao; Pingzhi Ye; Qian Peng – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Using data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic from 28,185 families with preschoolers living in Hubei, China, this study examined the relationship between home quarantine duration and preschoolers' sleep problems. In particular, we tested the potential mediating role of child screen usage time and the potential moderating role of real…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Sleep
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Zhonglian Yan; Wenqi Lin; Jing Ren; Qinglin Ma; Yanling Qin – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
To explore the relationships among parenting styles, children's electronic media usage (EMU) and children's problem behaviours (CPB), 1,224 preschoolers aged 3-6 years old (52.0% boys; 30.9% aged 3 years old, 34.6% aged 4 years old, 26.1% aged 5 years old, and 8.4% aged 6 years old) and their parents were enrolled in the present study by means of…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Behavior Problems, Preschool Children, Correlation
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Yuke Fu; Nathaniel J. Johnson; Mowei Liu; Tiana B. Vandendort; Rebecca K. Robertson; Hayley T. Hartwick – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
With children's digital technology usage surging in post-pandemic Canada, it is imperative to understand children's digital literacy and multimodal practices. This study investigated potential predictors of children's digital literacy and multimodal practices at home, and the latent profiles of digital families. A sample of 413 parents of children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Digital Literacy, Parents, Access to Computers
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Caihong Zhang; Liting Xia; Aruna Wu – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Electronic product use among preschool children is gradually widespread. To explore whether and how electronic product use causes problem behaviours in preschool children, this study analyses the relationships between the degree of electronic product use, problem behaviours, and the roles of parenting styles and parent-child relationships in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Parent Child Relationship
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Shujin Zhou; Wei Ding; Bowen Xiao; Yan Li – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Screen time is now pervasive in the lives of preschool children, posing potential risks for sleep disturbances and behavioural problems. Therefore, the present study used a questionnaire to survey mothers (M[subscript age] = 35.56 years, SD = 3.62 years) of a total of 571 preschool children (M[subscript age] = 4.70 years, SD = 0.88 years; 44.70%…
Descriptors: Mothers, Preschool Children, Mother Attitudes, Kindergarten