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Direct linkNana A. Kwofie; Xanne Janssen; John J. Reilly – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2025
Background: Several studies have reported low adherence to World Health Organization sedentary behavior (SB) guidelines in the early years. The purpose of this review is to examine the associations between time spent in different types of SB (screen time and habitual SB) and motor competence (MC; fundamental motor skills, fine and gross motor…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Computer Use, Television Viewing, Physical Activity Level
Charlotte Dumont; Marie Belenger; Arnaud Destrebecqz; Mikhail Kissine – Developmental Science, 2025
Statistical learning refers to the ability to detect regularities from sensory input, including speech. Statistical learning plays a key role in language acquisition, particularly for complex structures, such as nonadjacent dependencies, that are ubiquitous in natural language syntax. This study investigates nonadjacent dependency learning in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, English (Second Language)
Sophia Burroughs; Cameron Minneman; Sarah Neeper; Gabrielle O'Shaughnessy; Madeline Schnabel; Laura Schmelzer; Alexia E. Metz – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2025
Play is an integral part of childhood which is done for the sake of enjoyment but also confers many benefits. For young children who attend childcare, preschool, and elementary school, play is frequently done outside the home and with peers. The public health measures of the COVID-19 pandemic confined many families to their homes while parents had…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Parent Attitudes, Parents
Lihua Tang; Louise McLean; Fiona May; Jan Matthews; Gina-Maree Sartore; Mandy Kienhuis; Catherine Wade – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2025
Objective: Child sleep problems are commonly reported by parents of children aged 6--18 years, with a growing body of evidence describing the link between children's screen time and parental perceived child sleep problems. Using cross-sectional data, representative of the Victorian population, this study explored whether the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Use, Handheld Devices, Television Viewing
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
Sheetal Kapoor; Gregory M. Rose; Rupinder P. Jindal; Eugene Sivadas – SAGE Open, 2024
This study investigates the consumer socialization practices of parents in single versus multi-child and nuclear versus extended families in an emerging market. Previous consumer socialization research has focused primarily on western cultures. We examine parenting in a developing market and suggest that single-child families are more nurturant…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Socialization, Parenting Styles, Computer Use
Soumita Chakraborty; Nabin Thakur – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examined students' awareness of the environmental impacts associated with prolonged screen time, specifically during binge-watching sessions. It focused on students' understanding of carbon emissions from electronic devices, binge-watching behaviors, and factors like content preference, duration, and frequency. Potential interventions…
Descriptors: Environment, Conservation (Environment), College Students, Knowledge Level
Justin A. Haegele; Fenghua Sun; Chunxiao Li; Kwok Ng; Jihyun Lee; Stefanie Hwee Chee Ang; Maria Luiza Tanure Alves; Hannah Yang; Yandan Wu; Jernice Sing Yee Tan; Pauli Rintala; Wendy Yajun Huang; Sean Healy; Isabella dos Santos Alves; Andre Lisandro Schliemann; Hyokju Maeng; Eija Karna; Ding Ding – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This cross-sectional observational study sought to examine the environmental correlates of physical activity and screen-time among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents of youth with ASD (n = 1,165) from seven countries/regions provided responses to an online survey form measuring environmental correlates (i.e., physical activity…
Descriptors: Youth, Parents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physical Activity Level
Download full textMerdin, Esra; Sahin, Volkan – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2023
Today's children are born and raised in media-saturated environments, surrounded by televisions, computers, tablets, smartphones, and other portable electronic devices. Because these devices have become an indispensable part of everyday life, they have a significant influence on children's entertainment and leisure, as well as their education.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Computer Use, Television Viewing, Telecommunications
Kazaz, Nalan; Dilci, Tuncay – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the status of digital contact habits of primary school students during the pandemic period. This study is important because it will reveal the difference between primary school students' digital contact habits before and after the COVID-19 period. The study also has the distinction of being the first within the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Use
Hollyn Sanders Maddox – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research into children's screen time has primarily focused on the quantity of screen exposure. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent, if any, there was an association between young children's media screen time and the quality of joint media engagement between parent, child, and media in the home. The problem addressed was that…
Descriptors: Young Children, Mass Media Use, Television Viewing, Video Games
Alexis K. Chapman – Online Submission, 2024
The present study investigates how social media and screen time usage negatively affect High School students' body image and overall perception of confidence. It was found that screen time is a neutral factor when considering how deeply it affects one's confidence. Almost no matter what, students seem to end up worse, whether that be…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Social Media
Shaocong Ma; Jingchen Li; Eva E. Chen – Early Education and Development, 2024
Despite the wide usage of screen media among young children, less is known about the relationships between children's screen time and their social competence development as impacted by family-related factors. Here, we investigated parents' engagement, children's screen time, and their social competence among Taiwanese Chinese children's families…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Social Development, Mass Media Use
Lavados-Romo, Pamela; Andrade-Mayorga, Omar; Morales, Gladys; Muñoz, Sergio; Balboa-Castillo, Teresa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To determine the association between screen time and physical activity with quality of life among Chilean university students. Methods: Cross-sectional and analytical study conducted on 726 first-year university students who replied three questionnaires: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, WHO Quality of Life-BREF scale, and the International…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, College Freshmen, Physical Activity Level, Life Style
Gökap, Ali; Inel, Yusuf – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
This study aims to examine the empathy skills of secondary school students in terms of some selected variables at the student and school levels. The study group of the research, which was structured as a correlational survey, consisted of 1010 eighth-grade students attending 29 schools selected by random sampling in the province of Usak during the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Empathy, Grade 8
