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Research Publication: The role of different screen media devices, child dysregulation, and parent screen media use in children’s self-regulation

by Daniel Ewon Choe
September 13, 2022

This study shows that preschool-aged children’s screen time on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, is more negatively related to their self-regulation than their TV use. Children’s earlier self-regulatory deficits and parental screen time were mostly unrelated to their media use, and their self-regulation was unrelated to parents’ screen time. As young children are increasingly exceeding screen time guidelines, these findings encourage parents and other caregivers to limit children’s screen media use in early childhood.

Research Publication: Mobile media and young children's cognitive skills - A review

by bkatsuda
May 09, 2021

Emerging scholarship suggests that young children can learn from mobile devices, but their use is also associated with poorer language and self-regulation skills. As these abilities foreshadow important outcomes, additional rigorous and innovative research is needed. Implications for practice are discussed.

Research Publication: Association of Young Children’s Use of Mobile Devices with Their Self-Regulation

by bkatsuda
February 07, 2021

This is a pre-print of a research article examining associations between multimethod assessments of self-regulation and screen media device use in early childhood, comparing the use of traditional (television) and mobile devices (smartphones, tablets).