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Rebecca L. Densley; Willow S. Sauermilch; Jes Fyall Cardenas; Shannon L. Bichard; Maya Neufeld-Wall – Journal of Children and Media, 2025
Little is known about how parents utilized parental mediation strategies during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw an upsurge in youths' technology use and increased family time at home. The current study surveyed the parents of 964 U.S. school-aged children for their mediation behaviors, perceptions of media risk, views about…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parenting Styles, Computer Use
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Guseman, Emily H.; Jurewicz, Laura; Whipps, Jonathon – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Early studies indicate children's physical activity (PA) decreased during the pandemic but may vary by school format and season. We longitudinally assessed changes in PA and screentime (ST) behaviors throughout 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic and according to changes in school format. Methods: Parents of children (5-18 years) completed…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, COVID-19, Pandemics, Children
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Gil-Izquierdo, María; Han, Seong Won – Education Economics, 2020
In this paper, we have employed data from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA, 2012 edition) on the EU-15 countries in order to investigate the effect of using ICT at home on achievement. By employing Propensity Score Matching, we provide robust evidence that in most countries there is a negative association between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Use, Homework, Family Environment
Gomez, Stefani E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The influx of information communication technologies (ICTs) into the modern family household can create tension between teens' right to access and autonomy and parents' right to mediate their ICT activities that needs to be accommodated within the everyday routines of the family. As a part of their everyday lives teens' must negotiate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Family Environment, Hispanic Americans
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Wiles, Bradford B.; Schachtner, Laura; Pentz, Julie L. – Journal of Extension, 2016
Emerging technologies attract children and push parents' and caregivers' abilities to attend to their families. This article presents recommendations related to the new version of screen time, which includes time with computers, tablets, and smartphones. Recommendations are provided for screen time for very young children and those in middle and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computers, Computer Use, Use Studies
Muir, Kristy; Mullan, Killian; Powell, Abigail; Flaxman, Saul; Thompson, Denise; Griffiths, Megan – Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009
This report presents a comprehensive picture of how young Australians are faring by bringing together data from a variety of sources and drawing on the comments of young people themselves. Overall the report presents a positive picture, showing how important young people are to this country and why it makes good economic and social sense for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Disabilities, Socioeconomic Status
Beltran, Daniel O.; Das, Kuntal K.; Fairlie, Robert W. – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2006
Nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have computers in their homes. The role of "home" computers in the educational process, however, has drawn very little attention in the previous literature. We use panel data from the two main U.S. datasets that include recent information on computer ownership among children--the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities, Assignments, Ownership