TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Early childhood television viewing and kindergarten entry readiness
JO  - Pediatric research
A1  - Pagani, Linda S.
A1  - Fitzpatrick, Caroline
A1  - Barnett, Tracie A.
SP  - 350
EP  - 355
VL  - 74
IS  - 3
N2  - Background.Using a large population-based sample, this study aims to verify whether televiewing at 29 months, a common early childhood pastime, is prospectively associated with school readiness at 65 months.Methods.Participants are a prospective-longitudinal cohort of 991 girls and 1006 boys from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development with parent-reported data on weekly hours of televiewing at 29 months of age. We conducted a series of ordinary least-squares regressions in which children's scores on direct child assessments of vocabulary, mathematical knowledge, and motor skills, and kindergarten teacher-reports of socioemotional functioning were linearly regressed on early TV viewing.Results.Every standard deviation increase (1.2 hours) in daily televiewing at 29 months predicted decreases in receptive vocabulary, number knowledge scores, classroom engagement, and gross motor locomotion scores, and increases in the of frequency of victimization by classmates.Conclusions.Increases in total time watching television at 29 months was associated with subsequent decreases in vocabulary and math skills, classroom engagement (which is largely determined by attention skills), victimization by classmates, and physical prowess at kindergarten. These prospective associations, independent of key potential confounders, suggest the need for better parental awareness and compliance with existing viewing recommendations put forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics.Pediatric Research (2013); doi:10.1038/pr.2013.105.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-3998
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2013.105
ID  - ref1
ER  -