Do toddler screen time habbits influence trajectories of human development ?
The omnipresence of television in everyday family life has sparked questions about the possible long-term impact of excessive media exposure during infancy and early childhood. Many parents seem unaware or unconcerned about recommendations to avoid the potential risks of overexposure. The existing guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics apply even when the content is developmentally appropriate. This presentation will use the displacement hypothesis, which underscores intellectual and physical sedentariness, to explain the prospective associations we have found in our studies using participants from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (Étude longitudinale du développement des enfants du Québec). This French Canadian birth cohort, born between spring 1997 and 1998, came into this world at a time when screens were less portable and thus less ubiquitous. The historical limitation of screens being exclusive to televisions becomes a methodological strength, making it easier to isolate the influence of the screen time predictor on children’s subsequent bio-psycho-social developmental outcomes up to a decade later.
Université de Montréal
Centre hospitalier universitaire mère-enfant Sainte-Justine
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Invitée par Dr. Valery Matarazzo
Salle de conférence INMED, le 24 avril 2017 à 11h