Author
Desmarais, E., Brown, K., Campbell, K., French, B. F., Putnam, S. P., Casalin, S., Linhares, M. B. M., Lecannelier, F., Wang, Z., Raikkonen, K., Heinonen, K., Tuovinen, S., Montirosso, R., Provenzi, L., Park, S. Y., Han, S. Y., Lee, E. G., Huitron, B., de Weerth, C., Beijers, R., Majdandžić, M., Benga, O., Slobodskaya, H., Kozlova, E., Gonzalez-Salinas, C., Acar, İbrahim Hakkı, Ahmetoglu, E., Gartstein, M. A.
Publication Date
2021-05
Publication Place
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Elsevier
Subject
Television exposure, Early childhood, Dysregulation
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0163-6383
Record ID
728f71d2-7279-444c-8247-d0675bd7a20f
Library Location
Psychology
Date
2021-05
Notes
WSU College of Arts and Sciences 2014 Berry Family Faculty Excellence Award ; Italian Ministry of Health, Ricerca Corrente 2014-2015
Sample Text
Television exposure in early childhood has increased, with concerns raised regarding adverse effects on social-emotional development, and emerging self-regulation in particular. The present study addressed television exposure (i.e., amount of time watching TV) and its associations with toddler behavioral/emotional dysregulation, examining potential differences across 14 cultures. The sample consisted of an average of 60 toddlers from each of the 14 countries from the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium (JETTC; Gartstein & Putnam, 2018). Analyses were conducted relying on the multi-level modeling framework (MLM), accounting for between- and within-culture variability, and examining the extent to which TV exposure contributions were universal vs. variable across sites. Effects of time watching TV were evaluated in relation to temperament reactivity and regulation, as well as measures of emotional reactivity, attention difficulties, and aggression. Results indicated that more time spent watching TV was associated with higher ratings on Negative Emotionality, emotional reactivity, aggression, and attention problems, as well as lower levels of soothability. However, links between TV exposure and both attention problems and soothability varied significantly between cultures. Taken together, results demonstrate that increased time spent watching television was generally associated with dysregulation, although effects were not consistently uniform, but rather varied as a function of culturally-dependent contextual factors.
DOI
10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101557
Cilt
63
