Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Television Exposure and Academic, Psychosocial, and Physical Well-being by Middle Childhood

Pagani, Linda S.; Fitzpatrick, Caroline; Barnett, Tracie A.; Dubow, Eric F.

doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.50

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“…Scores reflect the total hours of weekly television exposure (weekday viewing multiplied by 5 plus weekend viewing multiplied by 2), which were then divided by 7 to give an approximate estimate of daily viewing. This measure is comparable or similar to previous population-based assessments of children's screen viewing in the home (12,14,(25)(26)(27), including our own (8,13,31 (38) and measures of academic performance (19).…”

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confidence: 70%

“…This is statistically remarkable and points to a stronger effect than is suggested by the coefficients. By statistical standards, the results show modest associations, yet these are net effects that chart a developmental course that could ultimately compromise achievement, social relations, physical prowess, and preferences and habits toward a healthy lifestyle (13,(29)(30)(31)37). Nevertheless, when dealing with high-stakes outcomes such as school readiness and achievement, even small effect sizes can translate into important social costs when projected over a lifespan and across an entire population.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Children with more educated mothers experienced less exposure at 29 mo (as previously noted in refs. 8,13). Table 1 displays the prospective association between televiewing at 29 mo and indicators of school readiness in kindergarten.…”

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“…Second, Vandewater et al (12) found that time spent watching television alone or with parents or siblings was linked with less time spent interacting with them in other activities. Third, televiewing is both an intellectually and a physically sedentary activity that ultimately does not hone the development of the brain's executive system and physical fitness (13). Fourth, daily amounts of televiewing are related to disrupted sleep patterns and bedtime resistance (14).…”

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“…Fifth, for older children, time Articles Pagani et al spent watching television is negatively associated with time spent doing homework (12). Finally, early screen-time habits forecast later childhood screen-time habits (3,11,13), which could generate a time debt for other important lifestyle activities, regardless of age.…”

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Early childhood television viewing and kindergarten entry readiness

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Background:Using a large population-based sample, this study aims to verify whether televiewing at 29 mo, a common early childhood pastime, is prospectively associated with school readiness at 65 mo. Methods: Participants are a prospective longitudinal cohort of 991 girls and 1,006 boys from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development with parent-reported data on weekly hours of televiewing at 29 mo of age. We conducted a series of ordinary least-squares regressions in which children's scores on direct child assessments of vocabulary, mathematical knowledge, and motor skills, as well as kindergarten teacher reports of socioemotional functioning, were linearly regressed on early televiewing. results: Every SD increase (1.2 h) in daily televiewing at 29 mo predicted decreases in receptive vocabulary, number knowledge scores, classroom engagement, and gross motor locomotion scores, as well as increases in the frequency of victimization by classmates. conclusion: Increases in total time watching television at 29 mo were associated with subsequent decreases in vocabulary and math skills, classroom engagement (which is largely determined by attention skills), victimization by classmates, and physical prowess at kindergarten. These prospective associations, independent of key potential confounders, suggest the need for better parental awareness and compliance with existing viewing recommendations put forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

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Influence of Experiences From Birth to 5 Years of Age on Emotional and Psychological Health

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Rivara

2010

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Television Viewing and Externalizing Problems in Preschool Children

Verlinden¹,

Tiemeier²,

Hudziak³

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To determine whether the amount, type, and patterns of television viewing predict the onset or the persistence of externalizing problems in preschool children.Design: Longitudinal study of a prospective populationbased cohort in the Netherlands. Setting: Parents reported time of television exposure and type of programs watched by children. Externalizing problems were assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist at 18 and 36 months. Participants: A population-based sample of 3913 children. Main Exposure: Television viewing time, content, and patterns of exposure (at 24 and 36 months) in children with and without preexisting problems to assess the incidence and persistence of externalizing problems. Main Outcome Measures: Externalizing problems at 36 months.Results: Program content and time of television exposure assessed at 24 months did not predict the incidence of externalizing problems at 36 months (odds ratio, 2.24; 95% CI, 0.97-5.18). However, the patterns of exposure over time reflecting high levels of television viewing were associated with the incidence of externalizing problems (odds ratio, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.07-3.75) and the persistence of the preexisting externalizing problems (2.59; 1.03-6.55).Conclusions: Our study showed that high television exposure increases the risk of the incidence and the persistence of externalizing problems in preschool children.

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Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Television Exposure and Academic, Psychosocial, and Physical Well-being by Middle Childhood

Abstract: To estimate the influence of early childhood television exposure on fourth-grade academic, psychosocial, and lifestyle characteristics.

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Early childhood television viewing and kindergarten entry readiness

Early childhood television viewing and kindergarten entry readiness

Influence of Experiences From Birth to 5 Years of Age on Emotional and Psychological Health

Television Viewing and Externalizing Problems in Preschool Children

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