Meryem Erat Nergiz, Nilgün Çaylan, Siddika Songül Yalçın
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Abstract
Background: Parents are responsible for rules and limits regarding screen use by preschool-aged children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between mothers' parenting styles and preschool children's video game playing.
Methods: Two hundred and sixty-four mothers who had children aged 2-5 years were included in this cross-sectional study. The mothers filled out a structured questionnaire including general questions about demographic and video gaming characteristics and a parental attitude scale (PAS). PAS consisted of four subscales: "Authoritative," "Authoritarian," "Overprotective," and "Permissive." Subscale scores were categorized into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tertiles. Adjusted Odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. To assess the impact of PAS's subscale score tertiles on video gaming, multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted.
Results: 29.2% of children were playing video games. Video gaming was associated with older age, male sex, low paternal education, having an older sibling, and exceeding the recommended daily screen time (p < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that mothers' high authoritarian [AOR: 2.47 (1.25-4.90)] and overprotective [AOR: 3.62 (1.69-7.79)] scores were associated with video gaming. When other parenting styles were included in the multivariate analysis, only the overprotective parenting style was associated with video gaming [AOR: 3.70 (1.68-8.16)].
Conclusions: The findings highlight a potential association between maternal overprotective parenting style and video gaming in preschool children.
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Publishing articles of scientific excellence in pediatrics and child health delivery, Pediatrics International aims to encourage those involved in the research, practice and delivery of child health to share their experiences, ideas and achievements. Formerly Acta Paediatrica Japonica, the change in name in 1999 to Pediatrics International, reflects the Journal''s international status both in readership and contributions (approximately 45% of articles published are from non-Japanese authors). The Editors continue their strong commitment to the sharing of scientific information for the benefit of children everywhere.
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