@article{ref1,
title="Parental Sedentary Restriction, Maternal Parenting Style, and Television Viewing Among 10- to 11-Year-Olds",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2011",
author="Jago, Russell and Davison, Kirsten K. and Thompson, Janice L. and Page, Angie S. and Brockman, Rowan and Fox, Kenneth R.",
volume="128",
number="3",
pages="e572-8",
abstract="Objective: To examine whether parenting styles or practices were associated with children's television (TV) viewing. Methods: A total of 431 parent-child dyads (10- to 11-year-old children) from Bristol, United Kingdom, were included. Child and parent TV viewing were self-reported and categorized as <2, 2 to 4, or >4 hours/day. Children reported maternal parenting style (authoritarian, authoritative, or permissive). Child-reported maternal and paternal sedentary restriction scores were combined to create a family-level restriction score. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine whether child TV viewing was predicted by parenting style or family restriction. Results: A greater proportion of children with permissive mothers watched >4 hours of TV per day, compared with children with authoritarian or authoritative mothers (P = .033). A greater proportion of children for whom both parents demonstrated high restriction watched <2 hours of TV per day (P < .001). The risk of watching 2 to 4 hours (vs <2 hours) of TV per day was 2.2 times higher for children from low-restriction families (P = .010). The risk of watching >4 hours (vs <2 hours) of TV per day was 3.3 times higher for children from low-restriction families (P = .013). The risk of watching >4 hours of TV per day was 5.2 times higher for children with permissive (versus authoritative) mothers (P = .010). Conclusions: Clinicians need to talk directly with parents about the need to place limitations on children's screen time and to encourage both parents to reinforce restriction messages.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2010-3664",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-3664"
}