Russell Jago|Janice L. Thompson|Simon J. Sebire|Lesley Wood|Laura Pool|Jesmond Zahra|Debbie A. Lawlor
Cross-sectional associations between the screen-time of parents and young children: differences by parent and child gender and day of the week
University of Bristol|University of Birmingham|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol
greater time spent screenviewing sv linked adverse health outcomes aim study examine whether parental sv time associated child sv time week weekend dayscrosssectional survey 1078 children aged 56 least 1 parent child parent sv reported weekday weekend days logistic regression examined whether parental sv time associated child sv time separate analyses mothers fathers interaction terms child gender12 boys 8 girls 30 mothers fathers watched 2 hours tv weekday weekend day 45 boys 43 girls 53 mothers 57 fathers spent 2 hours watching tv parents exceeded 2 hours tvwatching per weekday children 34 times likely spend 2 hours tvwatching father exceeded threshold odds 37 mothers weekends daughters fathers exceeded 2 hours watching tv twice likely sons exceed level evidence parent time spent using computers associated child computer use also strongest fathers daughters vs sons 35 vs 10 p interaction0027strong associations observed parent child sv patterns different weekdays versus weekend days results show time spent sv parents strongly associated child sv highlighting need interventions targeting parents children