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Screen Time in the Coronavirus 2019 Era: International Trends of Increasing Use Among 3- to 7-Year-Old Children
University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Cambridge|University of Pittsburgh
evaluate changes electronic screenbased media use 3 7yearold children across 6 countries result coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemicbetween april july 2020 parents 2516 children completed online survey measures reporting current retrospective pandemic screenbased media use purposes entertainment educational app use socializing family friends parents also reported family socioeconomic characteristics impacts pandemic physical wellbeing eg whether family member friend diagnosed covid19 social disruption eg whether family experienced loss income employment due pandemicon average children engaged screens 50 minutes pandemic largely driven increases screen use entertainment purposes nearly 40 minutes use educational apps 20 minutes overall change screen use socializing family friends children lower socioeconomic status households increased screen use entertainment educational app use children higher socioeconomic status householdsthe global pandemic caused covid19 increased overall electronic screenbased media use lives become increasingly digital necessity research needed better understand positive negative consequences electronic screenbased media use