Young children and screen-based media: The impact on cognitive and socioemotional development and the importance of parental mediation. Swider-Cios, E., Vermeij, A., & Sitskoorn, M. M. Cognitive Development, 66:101319, 2023.
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Young children are deeply immersed in digital technologies and the way children interact with screen-based media during early childhood is constantly changing. Literature shows that the use of screen-based media in early childhood can have both positive and negative impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development. In this literature review, we describe the risks and benefits of screen-based media use on cognitive and socioemotional development by reviewing research findings published since 2010. Specifically, we focus on the influence of screen-based media on children between 0 and 5 years of age, as it is a period of accelerated brain development and emergence and growth of cognitive abilities within several cognitive domains. We describe findings around content-based, content-independent, form-based, and social-based theories of the impact of screen-based media on development, highlighting the role parents play in their children's relationship with screen-based media. Finally, we provide recommendations for future research and practical guidelines for parents, medical practitioners, policymakers, and the media industry.
@article{SWIDERCIOS2023101319,
title = {Young children and screen-based media: The impact on cognitive and socioemotional development and the importance of parental mediation},
journal = {Cognitive Development},
volume = {66},
pages = {101319},
year = {2023},
issn = {0885-2014},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101319},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885201423000242},
author = {Edyta Swider-Cios and Anouk Vermeij and Margriet M. Sitskoorn},
keywords = {Cognitive development, Screen-based media, Parental role, Early childhood},
abstract = {Young children are deeply immersed in digital technologies and the way children interact with screen-based media during early childhood is constantly changing. Literature shows that the use of screen-based media in early childhood can have both positive and negative impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development. In this literature review, we describe the risks and benefits of screen-based media use on cognitive and socioemotional development by reviewing research findings published since 2010. Specifically, we focus on the influence of screen-based media on children between 0 and 5 years of age, as it is a period of accelerated brain development and emergence and growth of cognitive abilities within several cognitive domains. We describe findings around content-based, content-independent, form-based, and social-based theories of the impact of screen-based media on development, highlighting the role parents play in their children's relationship with screen-based media. Finally, we provide recommendations for future research and practical guidelines for parents, medical practitioners, policymakers, and the media industry.}
}

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