Smart Device Usage-Related Factors are Correlated with Self-Regulation Ability in Early Childhood / 대한소아신경학회지
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
;
(4): 135-145, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-728850
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate the relationship between the smart devices usage-related factors and self-regulation ability development in early childhood.METHODS:
Parental questionnaires of 187 children aged 3–6 years were analyzed. The metrics included smart device usage frequency (times/week, scored as uFreq), smart device usage time (hours/day, scored as uTime), parental scale for appropriate smart device usage level (scored as uLevel), the Korean-developmental screening test (K-DST), and the scale for self-regulation ability in young children (scored as SRS, and including four sub-categories self-appraisal, self-determination, behavior inhibition, and emotionality). The correlations were analyzed by total age group and by each age.RESULTS:
In the total age group analysis, uFreq and uTime were negatively correlated with mean SRS (rs =−0.366, −0.330; P < 0.001) and sub-category SRS (rs =−0.186 to −0.370; P < 0.05). Mean uLevel score was positively correlated with mean SRS (rs =0.406; P < 0.001) and most of the mean sub-category SRS (rs =0.174 to 0.362; P < 0.05). In 3-year-old children, the mean SRS was strongly negatively correlated with uFreq (rs =−0.751; P < 0.001), negatively correlated with uTime (rs =−0.518; P < 0.001), and positively correlated with mean uLevel score (rs =0.533; P=0.013). Such correlations seemed to decrease at the age of 4–6 years.CONCLUSION:
Self-regulation ability was significantly correlated with smart device-related factors and was the highest in the 3-year-old children. Encouraging appropriate smart device usage will be helpful for self-regulation development of young children.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
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Mass Screening
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Diagnostic Self Evaluation
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Self-Control
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Smartphone
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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