Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development
Abstract Most children grow up in homes with easy access to multiple screens. Screen use by children between the ages of 0 to 5 has become a worldwide preoccupation. In the present narrative review, we examine child and parent screen use and its contribution to physical, cognitive, and social develo...
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| author | Caroline Fitzpatrick Marie-Andrée Binet Emma Cristini Maíra Lopes Almeida Mathieu Bégin Giana Bitencourt Frizzo |
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| description | Abstract Most children grow up in homes with easy access to multiple screens. Screen use by children between the ages of 0 to 5 has become a worldwide preoccupation. In the present narrative review, we examine child and parent screen use and its contribution to physical, cognitive, and social developmental outcomes. As research has mostly focused on the adverse consequences of screen media, we aim to depict both the negative and the positive influences of screen usage. To provide a more nuanced portrait of the potential benefits and harms of screen use, we examine how consequences of media use vary according to the content of media (ex., educational, violent), context (ex., using screens during mealtimes), and the nature (ex., passive vs active use) of child screen use. Our review supports existing screen time guidelines and recommendations and suggests that media content, the context of use, and the nature of child use, as well as the parent’s own screen use, be considered clinically. Future research should seek to clarify how these dimensions jointly contribute to child screen use profiles and associated consequences. Finally, child sex, behavioral/temperamental difficulties, and family adversity appear to contribute to child screen use and its consequences and should be considered in future research. Suggestions for harm-reduction approaches are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e973ad8c3c24675817054c9f58bf3c12023-11-20T10:41:00ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica1678-71532023-08-0136111410.1186/s41155-023-00262-2Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and developmentCaroline Fitzpatrick0Marie-Andrée Binet1Emma Cristini2Maíra Lopes Almeida3Mathieu Bégin4Giana Bitencourt Frizzo5Département de l‘enseignement au préscolaire et au primaire, Université de SherbrookeFaculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de SherbrookeDépartement de l‘enseignement au préscolaire et au primaire, Université de SherbrookeDépartement de l‘enseignement au préscolaire et au primaire, Université de SherbrookeDépartement de l‘enseignement au préscolaire et au primaire, Université de SherbrookeDepartment of Psychology, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do SulAbstract Most children grow up in homes with easy access to multiple screens. Screen use by children between the ages of 0 to 5 has become a worldwide preoccupation. In the present narrative review, we examine child and parent screen use and its contribution to physical, cognitive, and social developmental outcomes. As research has mostly focused on the adverse consequences of screen media, we aim to depict both the negative and the positive influences of screen usage. To provide a more nuanced portrait of the potential benefits and harms of screen use, we examine how consequences of media use vary according to the content of media (ex., educational, violent), context (ex., using screens during mealtimes), and the nature (ex., passive vs active use) of child screen use. Our review supports existing screen time guidelines and recommendations and suggests that media content, the context of use, and the nature of child use, as well as the parent’s own screen use, be considered clinically. Future research should seek to clarify how these dimensions jointly contribute to child screen use profiles and associated consequences. Finally, child sex, behavioral/temperamental difficulties, and family adversity appear to contribute to child screen use and its consequences and should be considered in future research. Suggestions for harm-reduction approaches are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00262-2Screen timeScreen mediaMedia contentInfantPreschoolerDevelopment |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Fitzpatrick Marie-Andrée Binet Emma Cristini Maíra Lopes Almeida Mathieu Bégin Giana Bitencourt Frizzo Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica Screen time Screen media Media content Infant Preschooler Development |
| title | Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| title_full | Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| title_fullStr | Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| title_short | Reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies: new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| title_sort | reducing harm and promoting positive media use strategies new perspectives in understanding the impact of preschooler media use on health and development |
| topic | Screen time Screen media Media content Infant Preschooler Development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00262-2 |
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