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ERIC Number: EJ1466698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
EISSN: EISSN-1476-8275
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Home Quarantine Duration and Chinese Preschoolers' Sleep Problems during COVID-19: Child Screen Time as an Explanatory Mechanism and Real Interpersonal Interactions in Family Setting as a Contextualizing Buffer
Limin Zhang1; Qi Li2; Hongjian Cao3; Pingzhi Ye1; Qian Peng4
Early Child Development and Care, v194 n13-14 p1251-1265 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 interpersonal interactions in the family setting. Results indicated that home quarantine duration was positively associated with preschoolers' sleep problems indirectly through both types of screen time. More importantly, a conditional indirect pathway was identified, such that home quarantine duration was linked with preschoolers' more sleep problems through longer traditional screen time only when real interpersonal interactions were relatively low. These findings, reveal some potential intervention targets and avenues, such as setting limits on child screen time and enhancing more real family interpersonal interactions, to help parents of young children successfully navigate the challenges during home quarantine during the pandemic.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China