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 ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Scholarlyarticle |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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Elsevier BV
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| 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-29160443 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.42067 |
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. ...