Why won't she sleep? Screen exposure and sleep patterns in young infants.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends infants' exposure to electronic screen-based media be minimized; however, more research is needed to understand effects of viewing screen-based media. Here, we examine relations between media use and sleep. Data were collected from mothers when their infants (N = 429) were four months of age. Mothers answered questions about the time their infants spent watching electronic screen-based media. Exposure to electronic screen-based media was negatively associated with nighttime sleep (but not daytime sleep), such that an hour of screen time was associa... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ribner, Andrew D
McHarg, Gabrielle G
NewFAMS Study Team
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: Elsevier BV
Schlagwörter: Electronic screen-based media / Infancy / Media use / Sleep / Cross-Sectional Studies / Female / Humans / Infant / Infant Behavior / Longitudinal Studies / Male / Mothers / Netherlands / Screen Time / United Kingdom / United States
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27604307
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Link(s) : https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294986

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends infants' exposure to electronic screen-based media be minimized; however, more research is needed to understand effects of viewing screen-based media. Here, we examine relations between media use and sleep. Data were collected from mothers when their infants (N = 429) were four months of age. Mothers answered questions about the time their infants spent watching electronic screen-based media. Exposure to electronic screen-based media was negatively associated with nighttime sleep (but not daytime sleep), such that an hour of screen time was associated with nearly 13 min less sleep on a typical night.