Shayl F Griffith, Daniella Vaclavik, Katie C Hart, Samantha M Casanova, Allison C Goodman, Anastasia Cafatti Mac-Niven, Daniel M Bagner
{"title":"Leveraging a Parenting Intervention to Support Healthy Media Use in U.S. Preschoolers with Externalizing Behavior: A Pilot Randomized Trial.","authors":"Shayl F Griffith, Daniella Vaclavik, Katie C Hart, Samantha M Casanova, Allison C Goodman, Anastasia Cafatti Mac-Niven, Daniel M Bagner","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2025.2511716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2025.2511716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research shows that exposure to screen media and externalizing behavior problems in young children are linked. Externalizing behavior problems also present a significant barrier to parents attempting to adhere to screen media use recommendations. However, screen media use interventions have not specifically targeted children with externalizing behavior problems. This randomized pilot study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and initial effectiveness of adapting an evidence-based parenting intervention (the School Readiness Parenting Program) to intervene around screen media use with 31 low-income caregivers of preschool-aged children (ages 4 - 5 years) with externalizing behavior in the U.S. Caregivers were randomly assigned to receive either the adapted (<i>n</i> = 16) or the standard (<i>n</i> = 15) versions of the parenting intervention. Results provided positive evidence for feasibility and acceptability. Additionally, there was preliminary evidence of decreases in children's screentime, and increases in educational content, for the adapted intervention group relative to the standard intervention group, and evidence that parent limit setting around screen media use increased in both groups. Results suggest that integrating screen media content into a parenting intervention targeting general parenting skills may be a promising way to help support families who face greater barriers to managing their children's screen media use.</p>","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12382347/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Douglas J Piper, Rebecca Cockroft, Bolim Suh, Jenny Radesky, Annette Sundqvist, Felix-Sebastian Koch, Caroline Fitzpatrick, Noa Gueron-Sela, Cara Swit, Sarah M Coyne, Heather Kirkorian, Margaret L Kerr, Rachel Barr
{"title":"The Intersection of COVID Lockdown Policies and Parent Resources with Children's Media Exposure in Canada, the United States, Israel, Sweden, and New Zealand.","authors":"Douglas J Piper, Rebecca Cockroft, Bolim Suh, Jenny Radesky, Annette Sundqvist, Felix-Sebastian Koch, Caroline Fitzpatrick, Noa Gueron-Sela, Cara Swit, Sarah M Coyne, Heather Kirkorian, Margaret L Kerr, Rachel Barr","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2025.2505935","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482798.2025.2505935","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Government responses to COVID-19 included workplace and childcare closures. Many parents worked from home while caring for preschool children. Media use increased worldwide for adults and young children. This study examined how government responses were linked to family media use by testing whether policy stringency predicted preschool children's screen time and parents' motivations for child media use. Data were analyzed from 2,365 parents of 2- to 5-year-old children in five countries: Canada, the United States, Israel, Sweden, and New Zealand. Higher stringency was associated with decreased screen time, though changes in screen time depended on parental income and education. Children from lower-resourced homes had the highest screen time while experiencing low stringency levels. Parents' motivations for children's media use to calm their children and for their child's enjoyment were less likely with higher stringency. Motivations also depended on child age; parents were more likely to use media to calm their younger children than their older children. Media motivations also differed with family resources; less resourced families were more likely to use media for calming their children. Our discussion focuses on how structural factors (policies, supports, and resources for parents) relate to family media patterns and how future research can inform our understanding of policy-related outcomes on children.</p>","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12470048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145187061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaitlyn Burnell, Jessica S Flannery, Kara A Fox, Mitchell J Prinstein, Eva H Telzer
{"title":"U.S. Adolescents' Daily Social Media Use and Well-being: Exploring the Role of Addiction-like Social Media Use.","authors":"Kaitlyn Burnell, Jessica S Flannery, Kara A Fox, Mitchell J Prinstein, Eva H Telzer","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2024.2402272","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482798.2024.2402272","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Associations between adolescent social media use and well-being are inconclusive, and studies using rigorous methodologies and objective measures are needed. Additionally, attention on what individual differences may moderate linkages between social media and well-being is necessary. We tested 1) how daily social media use (assessed via ecological momentary objective and self-reports) relates to daily subjective well-being, 2) the prevalence and concordance between scholar-defined addiction-like social media use (ASMU) and participant perceptions of social media addiction, 3) how these constructs relate to subjective well-being, and 4) if these constructs moderate daily links between social media use and subjective well-being. In a sample of 103 adolescents (<i>M</i> <sub>age</sub>=16.48, 47% female), ASMU and perceived addiction were highly correlated but some adolescents' classification differed when cross-referencing. Both were similarly associated with demographics and depressive symptoms. Self-reported, but not objectively-recorded, social media use was related to greater ASMU and perceived addiction. Links between social media use and well-being were inconsistent, with no moderation by ASMU or perceived addiction. Most adolescents endorsed some degree of ASMU, and future research should examine how social media-triggered disruptions to daily functioning relates to well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"19 1","pages":"194-212"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11882150/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is This a Return to Normal? Longitudinal Trajectories of Child Screen and Problematic Media Use Across the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.","authors":"Lauren Eales, Olivia Giammanco, Gail M Ferguson","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2024.2431968","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482798.2024.2431968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study uses both quantitative and qualitative data to examine how screen media use and problematic media use changed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic (pre-onset, 3-months and 15-months post-onset). We examined changes in screen media use (time spent) and problematic media use (seemingly addicted behavior) in children ages 1.17-11.42 years across three time points (<i>N</i>=316, 51.7% girls, 83.9% White; primarily middle-to-high income). Qualitative findings provided insight into parent perceptions of the long-lasting effects of COVID-19 media behaviors, some parents experiencing burnout over fighting with their children about screens, and families finding a balance with screens. Quantitatively, both screen and problematic media use increased from 2019 to 2020 (small-medium effect size) and decreased from 2020 to 2021 (small effect size), though not all the way to 2019 levels. There were significant interactions between screen media use and child age/negative parent perceptions, but none with problematic media use. This is the first study to elucidate that while many parents were seeing a return to normal for their child's media use 15 months post-onset, many were struggling just as much as they were at COVID-19 onset, indicating the pandemic's potentially long-lasting effect on child media use behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"19 2","pages":"431-451"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12221234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144561479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tove Lafton, Janniche E. B. Wilhelmsen, Halla B. Holmarsdottir
{"title":"Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway","authors":"Tove Lafton, Janniche E. B. Wilhelmsen, Halla B. Holmarsdottir","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2299956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2299956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joëlle Swart, Hanne Stegeman, Lucy Frowijn, M. Broersma
{"title":"The paradox of play: How Dutch children develop digital literacy via offline engagement with digital media","authors":"Joëlle Swart, Hanne Stegeman, Lucy Frowijn, M. Broersma","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2291014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2291014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139010257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise Mensonides, Anna Van Cauwenberge, M. Broersma
{"title":"Playfully building resilience: Dutch children’s risk-managing tactics in digital risky play","authors":"Denise Mensonides, Anna Van Cauwenberge, M. Broersma","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2271100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2271100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"7 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138604416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors influencing young people’s news consumption in Switzerland during normative transitions: A mixed methods study","authors":"Nadine Klopfenstein, Valery Wyss, Wibke Weber","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2278141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2278141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":" 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138616087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jasmina Rosič, Luca Carbone, M. V. Vanden Abeele, Bojana Lobe, Laura Vandenbosch
{"title":"Measuring digital well-being in everyday life among Slovenian adolescents: The Perceived Digital Well-Being in Adolescence Scale","authors":"Jasmina Rosič, Luca Carbone, M. V. Vanden Abeele, Bojana Lobe, Laura Vandenbosch","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2272651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2272651","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":" 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Tamboer, Inge Molenaar, Tibor Bosse, M. Kleemans
{"title":"Testing an intervention to stimulate early adolescents’ news literacy application in the Netherlands: A classroom experiment","authors":"S. Tamboer, Inge Molenaar, Tibor Bosse, M. Kleemans","doi":"10.1080/17482798.2023.2271078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2271078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Children and Media","volume":"103 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139238950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}