Uso de pantallas en niños pequeños en una ciudad de Argentina

Early language outcomes in Argentinean toddlers: Associations with home literacy, screen exposure and joint media engagement

“…According to the Argentine Paediatric Association, 90% of parents reported that their children used some type of electronic device, owning their own screens since age 3. In addition, one third of babies used tablets before they began to walk (Waisman et al, 2018). It is important to determine whether findings in basic research extend beyond the WEIRD samples typically studied in psychology, in order to replicate findings cross-culturally to enhance generalizability.…”

“…This might also explain the marginal detrimental effects of Apps and videogames on language, since their use was poorly correlated with shared PC times (see Table S3). Since computers are complex devices, caregivers tend to control and share their use on a greater extent with infants and toddlers than with older children (Connell et al, 2015;Mendelsohn et al, 2010;van den Heuvel et al, 2019;Waisman et al, 2018). Also, PCs require the coordination of the mouse and the keyboard, which leads to a greater motor demand for infants, compared to other screen devices.…”

Asociación entre el uso de medios electrónicos, hitos del desarrollo y lenguaje en infantes

“…Regarding the descriptive data, although use time was on average low (one hour) for the electronic media measure, their age of initiation was early (from the first year of life), which goes against what the different pediatric associations recommend during early childhood (Asociación Argentina de Pediatría, 2019;Melamuda & Waisman, 2019;Waisman et al, 2018). These results replicate those carried out in samples from Argentina (Waisman et al, 2018) and the United States (McClane & Pempek, 2015), where it was found that in this age range children used devices at least one hour per day. This amount of use may also be reinforced by quarantine, which could lead parents to use technological devices as a means of regulating or appeasing infants during their work routines (Chauhan et al, 2021;Ribner & McHarg, 2021).…”

“…This is reinforced by the correlation found between a later age of initiation watching videos and higher reported language scores. This could be because watching videos on screens in early childhood is a passive activity, and promotes the absence of interactions with adults, or through books and traditional toys, which reinforces passivity in the infant (Kostyrka-Allchorne et al, 2017;Waisman et al, 2018). It may be useful for future works to consider how time engaged with screens relates to other interactions at home and how this may change across age.…”

Does Use of Books and Electronic Media Associate to Joint Attention Skills and Temperament during the First Year of Life?

“…However, it is important to examine these effects across multiple context and samples to have a better understanding of development. One typically neglected region is the study of these abilities in Latin America, where 90% of parents reported that their children use some type of electronic device, and that a third of infants use cell phone or TV one hour a day before turning 2 in Argentina (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, 2020; Waisman et al, 2018). It has been found that parents share books with their infants less than 15 minutes per day, being relegated when introducing technological screens (Waisman et al, 2018).…”