Meltdowns and media: Moment-to-moment fluctuations in young children's media use transitions and the role of children's mood states

Coyne, Sarah M.; Rogers, Adam A.; Shawcroft, Jane; Reschke, Peter J.; Barr, Rachel; Davis, Emilie J.; Holmgren, Hailey G.; Domoff, Sarah E.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2022.107360

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“…Perhaps a better assessment of parent-child responsiveness would be observation of parents and children over a longer period (Kochanska & Aksan, 2004) or without being prompted to engage in specific activities. As prior research suggests many children are given media in response to problematic emotions (Coyne et al, 2021(Coyne et al, , 2022 the mediating factor between attachment and PMU may be the frequency of media emotion regulation versus parental emotion regulation. As children may become more dependent on media to regulate their emotions.…”

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“…Problematic media use is typically defined as a pattern of media use which is excessive, or maladaptive, and interferes with children's overall functioning (Domoff et al, 2020). The Interactional Theory of Childhood Problematic Media Use (IT-CPU) posits that PMU may begin to develop in infancy and is influenced by three factors: distal factors (environment or context such as parent's problematic media use and screentime; Lauricella et al, 2015), proximal factors (antecedents such as parents beliefs about media; Funk et al, 2009), and maintaining factors (reinforcement of media processes such as media emotion regulation; Coyne et al, 2021Coyne et al, , 2022Domoff et al, 2020). These three types of factors work together to shape the trajectory of problematic media use by influencing the processes driving development (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006).…”

Section: Problematic Media Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…When considering the role of infant attachment in the development of PMU, we conceptualize infant attachment as a maintaining factor, as it is a facet of the parent-child relationship that may reinforce or discourage processes that could contribute to the development of later PMU (Domoff et al, 2020). These processes might include media emotion regulation (Coyne et al, 2021(Coyne et al, , 2022 or how responsive parents are while jointly engaging in media use (Padilla-Walker et al, 2020).…”

Section: Problematic Media Usementioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment security and problematic media use in infancy: A longitudinal study in the United States

Shawcroft,

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Linder

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Media use during childhood has quickly become a norm across the United States and in other countries. One area still not well understood is the development of problematic (or maladaptive and disruptive) media use in children. This research examines the role of attachment security as a central component in the development of problematic media use over time in a sample of 248 parent‐child dyads (9.50% African American, 20.66% Hispanic, 62.81% White, 2.07% Asian, 4.96% other ethnicities). We examined the relationship between attachment security and problematic media use one and 2 years later. We then constructed a mediation model examining parent responsiveness while jointly engaging in media use and during play as mediators between infant attachment security and problematic media use over time. Results suggest that while infant attachment security may be protective against developing problematic media use patterns, this relationship does not seem to be mediated by parent‐child interactions while engaging in media or during play.

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Attachment security and problematic media use in infancy: A longitudinal study in the United States

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“…According to the interactional theory of childhood problematic media use [17], along with distal factors such as parent-child demographics, child screen use is influenced by an interaction of proximal processes such as child temperament [19,20] and interactional family dynamics [21]. Zhao and associates [22] identified parent-child interaction as the most significant mediator between problematic screen use and poor psychosocial child outcomes.…”

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Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Torjinski,

Cliff,

Horwood

2023

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Background Recent research suggests that children spend increasing amounts of time engaging in screen-based activities and less time outdoors in natural environments. There is a growing body of theory-driven literature evidencing that child screen use and exposure to nature are associated with wellbeing outcomes in contrasting ways. However, few studies have explored their combinative effects and the relational family context has been largely overlooked. Objective This scoping review explored associations between early-late childhood nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations in order to identify research gaps and inform future research direction. Methods This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s five-stage methodological framework and other relevant guidelines for scoping reviews. A search of five electronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE complete, ERIC, EMBASE and Cochrane library) was conducted along with additional hand-searches from inception to 9/06/2023. Peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2012-2023 were included. Results A total of 284 articles were screened by title and abstract and full text review of 79 articles was conducted. Following additional searches (hand-search and reference lists), a total of 16 eligible articles were identified. The synthesis revealed that the relevant body of research is novel, heterogenous, and fragmented. There are various pathways through which children’s screen use and engagement with nature interact within the family context, however research exploring their synchronous and bidirectional effects on relational family processes is limited. Conclusion Findings emphasize the importance of investigating children’s screen use and engagement with nature from a relational paradigm. Future studies should explore the mechanisms underpinning the reciprocal influences of nature and screen use on dyadic family processes and relational outcomes across early-late childhood. OSF Registration DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/TFZDV

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“…This parenting method is defined as media emotion regulation in the literature, but for clarity in the Turkish text, it will be referred to as emotion regulation through media (medya aracılığıyla duygu düzenleme). Media emotion regulation has gained attention in recent academic studies regarding early childhood (Coyne et al 2021(Coyne et al , 2022(Coyne et al , 2023. These studies have explored various predictors of media emotion regulation and the relationship between media emotion regulation and children's socioemotional outcomes.…”

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Predictors of Media Emotion Regulation and Its Consequences for Children’s Socioemotional Development

KOÇ ARIK

2024

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

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Media emotion regulation has been defined as parents’ use of media to regulate their children's emotions in early childhood. The purpose of this review is to investigate the predictors of media emotion regulation and its consequences on children's socioemotional development. As predictors of media emotion regulation, parental education level, parental media use, and the child’s temperament were examined. It was observed that parents with low levels of education and higher personal media use more frequently offer their children media emotion regulation than other parents. The relationships between children’s temperamental domains of negative affect and extraversion/surgency and media emotion regulation have been shown as positive, while the relationship between effortful control and media emotion regulation has been displayed as negative. As for the consequences of media emotion regulation on children's socioemotional development, children’s problematic media use, emotional knowledge, and empathy were examined. The relationship between media emotion regulation and problematic media use was displayed as positive; children who frequently experienced media emotion regulation had increased problematic media use. Also, it was shown that media emotion regulation has a negative role in children's emotional knowledge. As children's experience with media emotion regulation increased, their emotional knowledge decreased. Lastly, in the relationship between media emotion regulation and empathy, both positive and negative findings were observed and variables that may influence this relationship were discussed. This study contributes significantly to understanding the conditions under which children more frequently experience media emotion regulation and the role of this experience on children's socioemotional developmentAs the consequences of media emotion regulation on children’s socio-emotional development, children's problematic media use, emotional knowledge, and empathy have been explored. There is a positive relationship between media emotion regulation and problematic media use. As media emotion regulation increases, children's emotional knowledge decreases. Finally, in the relationship between media emotion regulation and empathy, both positive and negative outcomes have been found, suggesting that media content and how children perceive media emotion regulation may influence this relationship. This study offers a significant contribution by exploring the conditions under which children more frequently experience media emotion regulation and its role in children's socio-emotional development.

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Meltdowns and media: Moment-to-moment fluctuations in young children's media use transitions and the role of children's mood states

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Attachment security and problematic media use in infancy: A longitudinal study in the United States

Attachment security and problematic media use in infancy: A longitudinal study in the United States

Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Predictors of Media Emotion Regulation and Its Consequences for Children’s Socioemotional Development

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