Emotional Reactivity and Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers: The Interplay of Parental Stress, Media-Related Coping, and Child Screen Time
Children,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
12(2), P. 188 - 188
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
Background/Objectives:
Excessive
screen
time
has
been
linked
to
poorer
developmental
outcomes
in
preschool
years,
with
the
impact
depending
on
context.
Parents
of
emotionally
reactive
children,
particular,
may
use
screens
manage
their
child’s
emotions,
especially
when
experiencing
distress
themselves.
This
reliance
can
hinder
development
self-regulation,
leading
behavioral
difficulties.
Our
study
aimed
explore
how
emotional
reactivity,
parental
distress,
time,
and
media-related
coping
interact
while
contributing
externalizing
(behavioral)
problems
preschool-aged
children.
Methods:
The
included
754
children
(49.1%
girls),
aged
2–5
years
(M
=
44.6
months,
SD
13.7).
reported
children’s
reactivity
using
Child
Behavior
Checklist
provided
data
daily
behaviors.
Bivariate
correlations,
group
comparisons,
structural
equation
modeling
were
employed
analyze
data.
Results:
Children
averaged
111.86
min
(SD
83.94),
35.2%
parents
as
a
strategy.
Emotional
was
strongest
predictor
problems,
role
weak,
yet
significant.
Parental
positively
associated
child
time.
Structural
showed
that
related
both
directly
indirectly
via
coping,
increased
Conclusions:
findings
highlight
key
factor
emphasizing
cumulative
risks
posed
by
use.
results
suggest
interventions
promoting
healthier
habits
supporting
well-being.
Language: Английский
Temperament and Child Development in Context
Published: Nov. 22, 2024
Children's
temperament
is
a
central
individual
characteristic
that
has
significant
implications,
directly
and
indirectly,
for
their
social,
emotional,
behavioral,
cognitive,
health
outcomes,
through
its
evocative
moderating
effects
on
other
social
contextual
influences.
Accounting
these
influences
critical
to
articulating
the
role
of
in
children's
development.
This
Element
defines
describes
roots
neurobiological
systems
as
well
relevance
developmental
with
focus
understanding
influence
environmental
contexts.
It
covers
key
periods,
situating
contribution
development
complex
changing
processes
contexts
from
infancy
adolescence.
The
concludes
by
underscoring
value
integrating
contextual,
relational,
dynamic
approaches
pointing
future
directions
research
application.
Language: Английский