Correlation of screen exposure to stress, learning, cognitive and language performance in children.

The omnipresence of mobile screens and convenience to operate them has led to increased screen time for young children whereas the sequelae of prolonged exposure are not known yet. 70 refugee children (RG) and 111 children of a clinical comparison group (CG) from a help-seeking population (age: M =...

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Publicado en:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 1615 - 1625
Autores principales: Hahnefeld, Andrea, Fink, Monika, Le Beherec, Saskia, Baur, Marie Anna, Bernhardt, Katharina, Mall, Volker
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature May2025
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          Hahnefeld, Andrea
          Fink, Monika
          Le Beherec, Saskia
          Baur, Marie Anna
          Bernhardt, Katharina
          Mall, Volker
        affil: https://ror.org/02kkvpp62 Chair of Social Pediatrics, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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          Screen Time
          Stress, Psychological
          Cognition
          Language Development
          Learning Disorders
          Child Development
          Behavioral Symptoms
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          Psychomotor Performance In Infancy and Childhood
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          Child: 6-12 years
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
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      ab: The omnipresence of mobile screens and convenience to operate them has led to increased screen time for young children whereas the sequelae of prolonged exposure are not known yet. 70 refugee children (RG) and 111 children of a clinical comparison group (CG) from a help-seeking population (age: M = 5.10; SD = 1.11; range 3.00–6.97 years) were assessed concerning their amount of daily screen exposure time in relation to parental education and distress. Salivary cortisol was collected as a marker for biological stress and children were tested concerning learning performance, non-verbal IQ and vocabulary with the Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II). Language skills were assessed in educator rating. The amount of children's screen exposure was negatively related to parental education and positively to distress. In the CG, higher amounts of screen time were associated with elevated cortisol levels and lower learning scores. On both measures, the RG and CG only differed in the condition of screen time less than one hour/day, for higher amounts of screen time the CG approached the more problematic scores of the RG. Whereas in the whole sample the amount of screen time was negatively correlated to language performance, it was not correlated to non-verbal IQ-scores. As a higher amount of media exposure in our clinical comparison group is associated with elevated biological stress, decreased learning and lower language performance, it should be classified as a relevant environmental factor and regularly considered in clinical assessments of children and therapeutical interventions, especially in vulnerable subgroups. German clinical trials register, registration number: DRKS00025734, date: 07–23-2021.
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