Screen Media Exposure in Early Childhood and Its Relation to Children’s Self-Regulation

Table 2

Summary of included studies according to their themes.

Study	Screen time			Screen media content			Contextual factors
	Concurrent relations between screen time and self-regulation	Predictive relations between screen time and self-regulation	Screen time in infancy	Educational vs. entertainment content	Fantastical content	Long-term effects	Background TV	Parent-related factors
[85]	✔
[114]^a
[110]		✔	✔				✔
[104]		✔						✔
[91]	✔
[7]		✔	✔					✔
[96]	✔
[123]						✔
[122]						✔
[102]		✔						✔
[87]	✔			✔			✔	✔
[86]	✔
[111]				✔	✔
[88]	✔	✔
[115]					✔
[92]	✔
[120]					✔
[116]					✔
[118]					✔
[117]					✔
[121]					✔
[97]	✔		✔
[112]				✔			✔	✔
[101]		✔	✔					✔
[100]	✔	✔	✔
[103]		✔
[98]	✔						✔	✔
[6]	✔		✔	✔
[95]	✔
[124]							✔
[109]		✔
[119]					✔
[113]				✔			✔
[89]	✔
[90]	✔
[99]	✔
[105]		✔
[93]	✔			✔				✔
[94]	✔
Total number of studies in each category	17	10	6	5	8	2	6	8

Note: ^aAntrilli and Wang [114] investigated the effects of physical vs. touchscreen play on executive functions; therefore, this study did not belong to the categories listed in the table.