Associations of Parental Influences with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Young Children: A Systematic Review

Table 6

Papers reporting an association between parental influences and children’s screen time.

Parent influences	Association with children’s screen time
	Positive	Negative	No association
Parenting practices
(1) Setting TV rules		47
TV time rules	45	33, 34, 35, 48	38, 43
TV program rules	48	43
(2) Coviewing TV with child	35, 48
(3) Monitoring child screen time			45
(4) Meals with TV on	34, 43
(5) Stimulation to be active		45
Parent role modelling (Parent screen time)	33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44
Parent perception
(1) Perception that children spend too much screen time	33, 38
(2) Parent perception TV helps	37, 43
(3) Parent perception TV hurts		48	43
Parental self-efficacy in reducing child screen time		36, 37, 38, 46
Parenting style (authoritative)		41