PLOS One
Published April 17, 2019 | 14:00 EDT (News releases from PLOS and University of Alberta)
A study of more than 2,400 Canadian families suggests that among preschoolers, spending two hours or more of screen time per day is linked to clinically significant behavioural problems. Compared with children who had less than 30 minutes per day of screen time, children who experienced more than two hours of screen time per day were five times more likely to exhibit clinically significant “externalizing” behavioural problems such as inattention, and over seven times more likely to meet the criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Corresponding author: Piush Mandhane, University of Alberta – mandhane@ualberta.ca
