The role of sleep in the relation between young children's mobile media use and effortful control
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We explored the relations among young children's mobile media use, sleep, and a form of self‐regulation, temperamental effortful control (EC), among a national sample of 402 mothers who completed an online survey. We found that the relation between mobile media use and EC was moderated by children's sleep time. Tablet use was negatively related to EC only among children who slept less at night (40% of our sample). However, hand‐held game player use was positively related to EC among children who slept longer at night (60% of our sample). In addition, sleep quality was a mediator in the relation between evening tablet use and EC. Evening use related to later bedtimes, more bedtime resistance, and worse sleep duration, and these indicators of poor sleep quality, in turn, predicted weaker EC. Statement of contribution: What is already known on this subject? Young children are spending increasing amounts of time with mobile media, such as tablets and hand‐held game players. Media exposure is related to children's self‐regulation. Media exposure is related to children's sleep quality. What does this study adds? Number of sleep hours moderates the relation between mobile media use and EC among young children. Tablet time is negatively related to EC among young children who get fewer sleep hours. Hand‐held game playing is positively related to EC among young children who get greater sleep hours. Sleep quality mediates the relation between evening tablet time and EC among young children.
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ST was most commonly explored in relation to cognitive and language development in children under 5 years of age, and was typically associated with poorer cognitive and language development.
“As such, ST was most commonly explored in relation to these domains in children under 5 years of age, and was typically associated with poorer cognitive and language development [63, 67, 68, 71].”
From Psychological impacts of “screen time” and “green time” for children and adolescents: A systematic scoping review (2020) · cites this paper as [68]
The Hypothesis testing section reports that tablet use and television viewing were associated with weaker effortful control in 3- to 5-year-olds, supporting a narrower finding about cognitive functioning. The paper does not report language-development outcomes or establish that screen time was most commonly studied in these domains; it also found a positive association between hand-held game use and effortful control. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThese findings are possibly owing to displacement of parent-child interactions and reduced quantity and quality of child play.
“These findings are possibly owing to displacement of parent-child interactions and reduced quantity and quality of child play [63, 67, 68, 71].”
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The paper's discussion of tablet use (page not provided) suggests that parent-controlled, short play periods may limit children's opportunities for thoughtful engagement. That lends some support to a possible reduction in play quality, but our copy does not say that parent–child interactions are displaced or that the quantity of child play is reduced. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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- Authors
- Nathanson, A. I., & Beyens, I.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Nathanson, Amy I.
- Venue
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-08-09
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-21
- ISSN
- 0261-510X (ISSN-L)
- 2044-835X
- OpenAlex
- W2743272297
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 7.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- mobile media use, sleep duration, sleep quality, effortful control, self-regulation, young children, tablet use, bedtime resistance, bedtime, moderation, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Self-Control, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Sleep, Temperament, Video Games, Computers, Handheld
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