Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis

There is increasing recognition of the adverse health consequences of excessive recreational screen time (RST) in children and adolescents. Early interventions that aim to reduce RST are crucial, but there are some controversies about which individual and parental variables affect RST in children. T...

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Autores: Pons, Monserrat, Bennasar-Veny, Miquel, Yáñez, Aina Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes Balears
Repositorio:Docusalut
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/14886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Child
Spain
Television
Educational Status
Child Behavior
Humans
Child, Preschool
Adolescent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Male
Female
Mediation Analysis
Screen Time
Surveys and Questionnaires
Análisis de Mediación
Femenino
Tiempo de Pantalla
Adolescente
Masculino
Estudios Transversales
Preescolar
Conducta Infantil
Humanos
Escolaridad
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Niño
España
Televisión
screen-based media
children
structural equation modeling
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spelling Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation AnalysisPons, MonserratBennasar-Veny, MiquelYáñez, Aina MariaChildSpainTelevisionEducational StatusChild BehaviorHumansChild, PreschoolAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesMaleFemaleMediation AnalysisScreen TimeSurveys and QuestionnairesSurveys and QuestionnairesAnálisis de MediaciónFemeninoTiempo de PantallaAdolescenteMasculinoEstudios TransversalesPreescolarConducta InfantilHumanosEscolaridadEncuestas y CuestionariosNiñoEspañaTelevisiónscreen-based mediachildrenstructural equation modelingThere is increasing recognition of the adverse health consequences of excessive recreational screen time (RST) in children and adolescents. Early interventions that aim to reduce RST are crucial, but there are some controversies about which individual and parental variables affect RST in children. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of parental education level with RST in children and early adolescents and to identify mediators of these relationships. This cross-sectional study examined a sample of children (2-14 year-old) who attended routine childcare visits in primary health care centers in Spain (n = 402; 53.7% males; mean age: 7 +/- 4 year-old). A self-reported questionnaire was given to the parents to assess sociodemographic data, parental education, the home media environment, and RST in children. Separate analysis was performed for two age groups (2-6 year-old and 6-14 year-old). Path analysis, an application of structural equation modeling, was used to analyze the data. Fitty three percent of the children had excessive RST (>= 2 h/day). The maternal education level, eating lunch/dinner in front of a TV, presence of a background TV, and the amount of parental TV viewing had significant associations with excessive RST in both age groups. For the younger group, the maternal education level had direct and indirect effects on RST (total effect: beta = -0.29, p < 0.01). For the older group, maternal education level only had a significant indirect effect on RST, and this was mediated by the presence of a background TV and the time of parental TV viewing (total indirect effect: beta = -0.11, p < 0.01). A higher maternal education level appears to be associated with certain environmental factors or habits that prevent excessive RST.MDPI20202020-12-0120202020-12-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/14886reponame:Docusalutinstname:Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes BalearsInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docusalut.com:20.500.13003/148862026-06-22T12:44:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
title Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
spellingShingle Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
Pons, Monserrat
Child
Spain
Television
Educational Status
Child Behavior
Humans
Child, Preschool
Adolescent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Male
Female
Mediation Analysis
Screen Time
Surveys and Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires
Análisis de Mediación
Femenino
Tiempo de Pantalla
Adolescente
Masculino
Estudios Transversales
Preescolar
Conducta Infantil
Humanos
Escolaridad
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Niño
España
Televisión
screen-based media
children
structural equation modeling
title_short Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
title_full Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
title_fullStr Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
title_sort Maternal Education Level and Excessive Recreational Screen Time in Children: A Mediation Analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pons, Monserrat
Bennasar-Veny, Miquel
Yáñez, Aina Maria
author Pons, Monserrat
author_facet Pons, Monserrat
Bennasar-Veny, Miquel
Yáñez, Aina Maria
author_role author
author2 Bennasar-Veny, Miquel
Yáñez, Aina Maria
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Child
Spain
Television
Educational Status
Child Behavior
Humans
Child, Preschool
Adolescent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Male
Female
Mediation Analysis
Screen Time
Surveys and Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires
Análisis de Mediación
Femenino
Tiempo de Pantalla
Adolescente
Masculino
Estudios Transversales
Preescolar
Conducta Infantil
Humanos
Escolaridad
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Niño
España
Televisión
screen-based media
children
structural equation modeling
topic Child
Spain
Television
Educational Status
Child Behavior
Humans
Child, Preschool
Adolescent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Male
Female
Mediation Analysis
Screen Time
Surveys and Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires
Análisis de Mediación
Femenino
Tiempo de Pantalla
Adolescente
Masculino
Estudios Transversales
Preescolar
Conducta Infantil
Humanos
Escolaridad
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Niño
España
Televisión
screen-based media
children
structural equation modeling
description There is increasing recognition of the adverse health consequences of excessive recreational screen time (RST) in children and adolescents. Early interventions that aim to reduce RST are crucial, but there are some controversies about which individual and parental variables affect RST in children. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of parental education level with RST in children and early adolescents and to identify mediators of these relationships. This cross-sectional study examined a sample of children (2-14 year-old) who attended routine childcare visits in primary health care centers in Spain (n = 402; 53.7% males; mean age: 7 +/- 4 year-old). A self-reported questionnaire was given to the parents to assess sociodemographic data, parental education, the home media environment, and RST in children. Separate analysis was performed for two age groups (2-6 year-old and 6-14 year-old). Path analysis, an application of structural equation modeling, was used to analyze the data. Fitty three percent of the children had excessive RST (>= 2 h/day). The maternal education level, eating lunch/dinner in front of a TV, presence of a background TV, and the amount of parental TV viewing had significant associations with excessive RST in both age groups. For the younger group, the maternal education level had direct and indirect effects on RST (total effect: beta = -0.29, p < 0.01). For the older group, maternal education level only had a significant indirect effect on RST, and this was mediated by the presence of a background TV and the time of parental TV viewing (total indirect effect: beta = -0.11, p < 0.01). A higher maternal education level appears to be associated with certain environmental factors or habits that prevent excessive RST.
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