TY - JOUR
T1 - Young children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 12 countries
AU - Bergmann, Christina
AU - Dimitrova, Nevena
AU - Alaslani, Khadeejah
AU - Almohammadi, Alaa
AU - Alroqi, Haifa
AU - Aussems, Suzanne
AU - Barokova, Mihaela
AU - Davies, Catherine
AU - Gonzalez-Gomez, Nayeli
AU - Gibson, Shannon P.
AU - Havron, Naomi
AU - Horowitz-Kraus, Tzipi
AU - Kanero, Junko
AU - Kartushina, Natalia
AU - Keller, Christina
AU - Mayor, Julien
AU - Mundry, Roger
AU - Shinskey, Jeanne
AU - Mani, Nivedita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/2/7
Y1 - 2022/2/7
N2 - Older children with online schooling requirements, unsurprisingly, were reported to have increased screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in many countries. Here, we ask whether younger children with no similar online schooling requirements also had increased screen time during lockdown. We examined children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a large cohort (n = 2209) of 8-to-36-month-olds sampled from 15 labs across 12 countries. Caregivers reported that toddlers with no online schooling requirements were exposed to more screen time during lockdown than before lockdown. While this was exacerbated for countries with longer lockdowns, there was no evidence that the increase in screen time during lockdown was associated with socio-demographic variables, such as child age and socio-economic status (SES). However, screen time during lockdown was negatively associated with SES and positively associated with child age, caregiver screen time, and attitudes towards children’s screen time. The results highlight the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on young children’s screen time.
AB - Older children with online schooling requirements, unsurprisingly, were reported to have increased screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in many countries. Here, we ask whether younger children with no similar online schooling requirements also had increased screen time during lockdown. We examined children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a large cohort (n = 2209) of 8-to-36-month-olds sampled from 15 labs across 12 countries. Caregivers reported that toddlers with no online schooling requirements were exposed to more screen time during lockdown than before lockdown. While this was exacerbated for countries with longer lockdowns, there was no evidence that the increase in screen time during lockdown was associated with socio-demographic variables, such as child age and socio-economic status (SES). However, screen time during lockdown was negatively associated with SES and positively associated with child age, caregiver screen time, and attitudes towards children’s screen time. The results highlight the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on young children’s screen time.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124303784&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-022-05840-5
DO - 10.1038/s41598-022-05840-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 35132065
AN - SCOPUS:85124303784
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 12
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 2015
ER -