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Article: A Longitudinal Study of the Relation between Childhood Activities and Psychosocial Adjustment in Early Adolescence

TitleA Longitudinal Study of the Relation between Childhood Activities and Psychosocial Adjustment in Early Adolescence
Authors
Keywordspsychosocial development
adolescence
early-life activities
screen time
cohort study
Issue Date2021
PublisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 10, p. article no. 5299 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Although an increasing body of research shows that excessive screen time could impair brain development, whereas non-screen recreational activities can promote the development of adaptive emotion regulation and social skills, there is a lack of comparative research on this topic. Hence, this study examined whether and to what extent the frequency of early-life activities predicted later externalizing and internalizing problems. Methods: In 2012/13, we recruited Kindergarten 3 (K3) students from randomly selected kindergartens in two districts of Hong Kong and collected parent-report data on children’s screen activities and parent–child activities. In 2018/19, we re-surveyed the parents of 323 students (aged 11 to 13 years) with question items regarding their children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms in early adolescence. Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between childhood activities and psychosocial problems in early adolescence. Results: Early-life parent–child activities (β = −0.14, p = 0.012) and child-alone screen use duration (β = 0.15, p = 0.007) independently predicted externalizing problems in early adolescence. Their associations with video game exposure (β = 0.19, p = 0.004) and non-screen recreational parent–child activities (β = −0.14, p = 0.004) were particularly strong. Conclusions: Parent–child play time is important for healthy psychosocial development. More efforts should be directed to urge parents and caregivers to replace child-alone screen time with parent–child play time.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/301555
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2019 Impact Factor: 2.849
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808
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dc.contributor.authorWong, RS-
dc.contributor.authorTung, KTS-
dc.contributor.authorRao, N-
dc.contributor.authorHo, FKW-
dc.contributor.authorChan, KL-
dc.contributor.authorFu, KW-
dc.contributor.authorTso, WWY-
dc.contributor.authorJiang, F-
dc.contributor.authorYam, JCS-
dc.contributor.authorCoghill, D-
dc.contributor.authorWong, ICK-
dc.contributor.authorIp, P-
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-09T03:40:47Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-09T03:40:47Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 10, p. article no. 5299-
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/301555-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Although an increasing body of research shows that excessive screen time could impair brain development, whereas non-screen recreational activities can promote the development of adaptive emotion regulation and social skills, there is a lack of comparative research on this topic. Hence, this study examined whether and to what extent the frequency of early-life activities predicted later externalizing and internalizing problems. Methods: In 2012/13, we recruited Kindergarten 3 (K3) students from randomly selected kindergartens in two districts of Hong Kong and collected parent-report data on children’s screen activities and parent–child activities. In 2018/19, we re-surveyed the parents of 323 students (aged 11 to 13 years) with question items regarding their children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms in early adolescence. Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between childhood activities and psychosocial problems in early adolescence. Results: Early-life parent–child activities (β = −0.14, p = 0.012) and child-alone screen use duration (β = 0.15, p = 0.007) independently predicted externalizing problems in early adolescence. Their associations with video game exposure (β = 0.19, p = 0.004) and non-screen recreational parent–child activities (β = −0.14, p = 0.004) were particularly strong. Conclusions: Parent–child play time is important for healthy psychosocial development. More efforts should be directed to urge parents and caregivers to replace child-alone screen time with parent–child play time.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectpsychosocial development-
dc.subjectadolescence-
dc.subjectearly-life activities-
dc.subjectscreen time-
dc.subjectcohort study-
dc.titleA Longitudinal Study of the Relation between Childhood Activities and Psychosocial Adjustment in Early Adolescence-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWong, RS: rosawong@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailTung, KTS: ktung@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailRao, N: nrao@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailFu, KW: kwfu@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailTso, WWY: wytso@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWong, ICK: wongick@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailIp, P: patricip@hku.hk-
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dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18105299-
dc.identifier.pmid34065751-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC8157182-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85105736566-
dc.identifier.hkuros323817-
dc.identifier.volume18-
dc.identifier.issue10-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 5299-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 5299-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000654832400001-
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-

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