Masters of Media: A longitudinal study of parental media efficacy, media monitoring, and child problematic media use across early childhood in the United States
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The development of problematic media use in early childhood is not well understood. The current study examined long-term associations between parental media efficacy, parental media monitoring, and problematic media use across a three-year period of time during early childhood. Participants included 432 parents who reported on their own parenting and their child’s use of problematic media once a year for three years (M age of child at Wave 1 = 29.68 months, SD = 3.73 months). Results revealed that early parental media efficacy predicted lower levels of child problematic media use over time. Restrictive media monitoring was also related to lower levels of child problematic media use over time. Additionally, general parental efficacy was related to parental media efficacy and lower child problematic media use, both at the cross-sectional and longitudinal levels. Discussion focuses on encouraging early parental media efficacy (and exploring other potential mechanisms) as a way to mitigate the development of problematic media use over time.
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Converging evidence suggests that strong caregiver-child relationships can buffer against the risk of problematic internet use among both children and teens.
“Converging evidence suggests that strong caregiver-child relationships can buffer against the risk of problematic internet use among both children and teens.341-343”
From Digital Ecosystems, Children, and Adolescents: Technical Report (2026) · cites this paper as [341]
The Discussion (General Parental Efficacy; page unavailable) links parental efficacy with warmth and emotional closeness, and the Conclusion says parental media efficacy might protect against problematic media use in early childhood. The paper does not establish that caregiver–child relationship strength itself buffers problematic internet use, and its study does not extend to teens. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A., Holmgren, H. G., Booth, M. A., Van Alfen, M., Harris, H., Barr, R., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Sheppard, J. A., Shawcroft, J., & Ober, M.
- Affiliations
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Brigham Young University
- Georgetown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Coyne, Sarah M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Children and Media
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2023-04-28
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 318-335
- ISSN
- 1748-2798 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-2801
- PMC
- PMC10575305
- OpenAlex
- W4367313680
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 6
- FWCI
- 22.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Children and Media (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Health (R15HD101969)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- early childhood, parental efficacy, children's media use, parenting
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